The very first affordable automatic foil system for fruit growing!
With an automatic rain protection system, the climate can be controlled per row several times a day. Optimising the climate leads to an improved and larger harvest.
Do club varieties offer a way out for fruit growers?
A news article by Vilt.be. The malaise within the fruit industry is great, due in part to the war in Ukraine causing oversupply and a lack of fair prices, for which growers demonstrated just last month at retail federation Comeos in Brussels.
NEW: Hand sewing machine (type: RJW1222)
A hand sewing machine is an excellent solution for making smaller repairs to (hail) nets and foils. A hand sewing machine can also be used to repair insect nets and shade nets. A hand sewing machine is portable, easy to use and allows for accurate stitching.
Fruit growers let apples and pears rot, picking and cooling too expensive
Several fruit growers in Gelderland (NL) say it hardly pays to pick the last apples and pears. Prices for the fruit are low and the costs of picking and cold storage are very high. Some growers even choose to let the fruit rot then, because it is cheaper.
Fruit growers worried about future of their farms
Fruit growers in the Rivierengebied (The Netherlands) are worried about the future of their business. According to the Dutch Fruit Growers Organization (NFO), more and more fruit growers are facing financial challenges. "Costs are going up, but yields are under considerable pressure."
New test canopy Kanzi realised
Article Proeftuin Randwijk: Kanzi apples under PowerFlex Foil System.
Growing fruit with worry?
As a grower, you want to be able to grow carefree. Something that is actually impossible. Every year is different. Each year has its own challenges in growing. Frost, high temperatures, lots of rain, pressure from the Suzuki fruit fly (drosophila suzukii). Conditions change with the years. So does the Powerflex Foil System.
Customer Report (5): Fall Creek
In this new customer report, we take a look at Fall Creek's demo field together with Tim Steenks.
Crop protection toolbox
Fruit grower's crop protection toolbox is only getting smaller. The challenges greater.
Fruit growing increasingly in conflict with new plagues from distant regions
Recently, Germany has received reports of yet another plague in the fruit sector. This was reported by the professional journal Fruit & Vegetables and the German Juliues Kühn Institut. The Japan beetle poses an additional danger.
Customer report (4): Slabbekoorn Fruit from Kapelle (NL)
FruitSecurity Holland has finished the Flat Hail Net System at Slabbekoorn Fruit.
Three-row Munckhof Sprayers and Flat Hail Net System
Combination of the Flat Hail Net System and the three-row sprayer have proven themselves for 12½ years at Fruitbedrijf Van Westreenen in Echteld (NL).
Subsidy for hail nets green-economic recovery
Subsidy for green-economy recovery agriculture
Preventing sunburn in redcurrant and cherry
Better foil available to prevent sunburn on redcurrant and cherry.
Sponsor of Proeftuin Randwijk
Proeftuin Randwijk has welcomed FruitSecurity Holland as a new sponsor.