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  • Acquisition Mispaj by Sylvan

    Jul 20, 2020
    Acquisition Mispaj by Sylvan

    On 15 July, spawn producer Sylvan Inc. announced the acquisition of Mispaj Micelios in Pradejón, Rioja, Spain.

    Spain is one of the largest mushroom-producing countries in Europe. In recent years Sylvan has developed a strong presence across the agaricus-, pleurotus- and shiitake-spawn market segments. “However, to further grow our share of this important market we believe a more substantial local presence is required. The Mispaj spawn business allows us to take a significant step forward in executing this strategy”, the press release said.

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    COVID-19 in Belarus

    May 20, 2020

    With the beginning of quarantine measures in the Russian Federation, Belarusian champignon producers were in an exceedingly difficult situation. Maksym Yenchenko wrote a very interesting report on the trials and tribulations of the Corona situation in Belarus, beginning of May.

    By Maksym Yenchenko. Amycel, UMDIS

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    Corona in the US Mushroom industry

    May 20, 2020

    Corona in the US Mushroom industry

    The Corona virus has hit the USA very hard. With 1,5 million confirmed cases and 92.000 deaths registered on May 20th, it is the worst affected country in the world, due to its open economy and a slow reaction by the US government. End of April, mushroom consultant Ray Samp send us the following exclusive report on the impact COVID-19 had in the US (and Canadian) mushroom industry, which could not make it in our 100th print edition anymore.

    By Ray Samp

    Corona in the USA

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    Hoving Holland 90th anniversary

    May 20, 2020

    Hoving Holland, a well-known producer of machines for composting installations, celebrates this month its 90th anniversary.

    The company was founded in 1930 and started as a local cartwright. Shortly after the World War II, Hoving Holland started the production of transporters (loading systems) for agricultural and industrial purposes. In the mid-seventies they came in contact with a mushroom grower who required several logistic innovations. From that moment on the company became more and more involved in the mushroom business.

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    Amycel and Sylvan on corona

    May 11, 2020
    Harvest team MAC with masks, Funghitex Group, Italy.

    Since the beginning of this year, the outbreak of COVID-19, with the government measures in its wake, has been spreading a trail of destruction around the world. The mushroom sector was - and is being - seriously affected in many places. Despite the gloom, general managers of the two major spawn producers worldwide have been largely positive, as shown in an exclusive interview with Mushroom Business.

    Amycel

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    Cultivation Tip AdVisie – E NEWSLETTER 1 / May 2020

    May 09, 2020

    Filling, three points to focus on

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    Amycel settles patent infringement lawsuit

    May 09, 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 Amycel’s own Heirloom strain.

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    Tilting nicely

    May 09, 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 times. The next four are poised to go into operation.

    From mid-May, two growing rooms will be filled weekly in a four-week cycle using brown mushrooms of the Heirloom variety, and compost from CNC in The Netherlands. 

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    ISMS Congress/NAMC Going Ahead May 2021

    May 09, 2020
    Group photo at the 19th ISMS Congress in Amsterdam, 2016.

    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 which is now only a year away. The draft program can be found here https://mushroomconference.org/agenda/.

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    Mushroom events postponed

    Mar 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 yet.

    In Russia, the Russian Mushroom Days have been postponed from 28-30 April to 29-30 September 2020.

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