Cultivation Tip AdVisie – E NEWSLETTER 1 / May 2020
May 9, 2020
Filling, three points to focus on In a very distant past, filling a growing room was done by hand and it took up to a whole day to fill a room measuring 120 to 180 m2. The arrival of filling machines reduced the labour input and the amount of time involved. Nowadays the pulling speed […]
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Amycel settles patent infringement lawsuit
May 9, 2020
On the 15th of January 2020, spawn producer Amycel, Inc. filed a lawsuit against Hollander Spawn and Italspawn in The Hague District Court, the Netherlands for infringement by Hollander Spawn and Italspawn’s FB29 brown mushroom strain of Amycel’s European Patent EP 1 993 350 B2 in certain European states. The lawsuit was intended to protect […]
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Tilting nicely
May 9, 2020
As the very first in the world, Deckers in Geldern-Pont has started a commercial mushroom farm with tilting shelves. Currently there are eight growing rooms of 756 m2 surface area, with four rows of shelves per room. The first room was filled on 17 March. By now four rooms have been completed and filled several […]
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ISMS Congress/NAMC Going Ahead May 2021
May 9, 2020
The organising committee for 20th ISMS Congress and 26th North American Mushroom Conference in Vancouver, Canada met two weeks ago and reconfirmed the event would go ahead as planned. While most of the world has been under lockdown for Covid-19 virus, the organising committee has been busy planning the detail for next year’s not-to-be-missed event […]
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Mushroom events postponed
March 24, 2020
In view of the spreading of the COVID-19 virus in many countries, some events are being cancelled or postponed right now. In The Netherlands, National Mushroom Day was on the agenda for the 23st of April. This event has now been postponed. If and when this event will take place in 2020 is not certain […]
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COVID-19 in the Chinese sector
March 24, 2020
As the corona virus leaves its devastating traces around the world, the Chinese mushroom industry is trying to get on its feet again. As a special report by Huang Yadong (CFNA) explains, the first quarter of 2020 may have been the hardest period it has ever experienced. The year started optimistically as all the farms […]
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Registration ‘Vancouver’ is open!
March 12, 2020
For the first time ever, Mushroom Canada will be hosting both the International Society for Mushrooms Science Congress and the North American Mushroom Conference, at Parq Vancouver from May 30 – June 3, 2021. Expand your knowledge and improve your daily business operation by gathering the most current industry information on mushroom production technology, food […]
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Expansion GTL Europe
March 12, 2020
Following a year of intensive renovations, GTL Europe’s expansion project in Venlo has been completed. This focuses all of the company’s activities at one location. GTL Europe consists of five different business units and companies, namely Engineering, Constructions, Controls, Equipment and Systems. The latter two BUs relocated at the end of last year, so that […]
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Amycel files patent infringement lawsuit
March 12, 2020
On the 15th of January 2020, spawn producer Amycel Inc. filed a lawsuit against Hollander Spawn and Italspawn in The Hague District Court, the Netherlands. According to a press release by Amycel, the lawsuit contends that the two companies violate Amycel’s patent rights in the Netherlands and certain other European states with their FB29 brown […]
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Premier sold to Farmers’ Fresh
February 13, 2020
According to a press release on January 23rd, the assets of Premier Mushrooms have been acquired by Farmers Fresh Mushrooms effective January 1, 2020. Ascendant Partners served as the exclusive financial advisor to Premier Mushrooms on the sale. Premier is a well-respected, commercial fresh mushroom producer with over a decade of experience in the industry. […]
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