Labour still main challenge

Marcel Huibers, manager of Hortus in Futuro in Maasbree, experienced the introduction of high-wire cucumber cultivation up close. At the start of this development, Huibers worked at Nunhems as a sales specialist in cucumbers. Between 1999 and 2015 he specialized in high-wire cultivation. Together, with the growers, he looked for opportunities and came up with solutions.

At BASF Vegetable Seeds the year 2020 is dedicated to 20 successful years of cucumber breeding for high-wire cultivation. It is therefore high time for a review of this development and a visit to Huibers. In the video, he talks about the initial phase, how he experienced this period and how he looks at the future. “The greatest challenge of high-wire cultivation in cucumbers is still labour", says Huibers

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Paula OHanlon
Market Development Vegetable Seeds

Mobile: +64 (0) 21 731 009, Email: paula.ohanlon@vegetableseeds.basf.com
Postal Address: BASF New Zealand Ltd, Level 4, 4 Leonard Isitt Drive, 2022 Auckland, New Zealand

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