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Mushroom sector in Pakistan

Mushrooms are not a very famous food in Pakistan. But population growth and the penetration of international cuisine make mushrooms a product worth considering. Our friend from Pakistan Irfan Hameed told us what the mushroom industry in Pakistan looks like now.
15 minutes read
08.05.2024

We spent a day at Agro-Projects` production site – and that is what we found out

– Will Szymon from the production department come? – asks Daniel Dajewski, CEO of Agro-Projects Group, while we sit in the conference room all together. UMDIS Mushroom Agency has come to visit the company, which is now one of the largest suppliers of turnkey projects for mushroom farms and compost yards worldwide – Agro-Projects.
15 minutes read
08.05.2024

59 photos from Chinese Mushroom Days by SuperChamp, mushroom supplements

SuperChamp has a large profile of supplements for mushrooms to have better yield, whiter, stronger mushrooms. Ask Rowi about by mail rowi@superchamp.nl and phone +31 646 747 780
15 minutes read
07.05.2024

For browns it should be CNC compost, – Ema Champignon, German mushroom farm

Ema Champignon Giebels GmbH & Co is the mushroom farm in Germany, doing just brown champignon mushrooms and filling 5 rooms each week. It is situated not far from the Dutch border. The farm belongs to RPZ Rheinische Pilz-Zentrale GmbH – large German family owned comany, suppling mushrooms worldwide. Ema employs 40 people and has a Dutch grower Wim Janssen who showed UMDIS around the farm. We visited this farm in November 2023.
15 minutes read
06.05.2024

Visit Dutch Mushroom Projects at a new address

From Monday May 6 onwards our new address is Groethofstraat 24, 5916 PB in Venlo. Our phone number remains the same. We look forward seeying you in Venlo!
15 minutes read
03.05.2024

Incorporating Mushrooms into Pre-cooked Sectors: A Review

For the mushroom industry, the Food and Drink Expo – such as the one held from 29th April to 1st May 2024 in Birmingham, United Kingdom – represents an opportunity to engage with a multitude of producers offering ready-made and pre-cooked products, as well as fresh mixtures, to gain insights into their perspectives on mushrooms. Additionally, it serves as a platform to observe the latest food trends and developments.
15 minutes read
02.05.2024

Pieter J.C. Vedder passes away at the age of 95

Death of the renowned trainer and scientist in the field of commercial mushroom cultivationwas announced by Marietta Van den Munkhof-Vedder, wife of Pieter J.C. Vedder. TThe UMDIS team expresses its condolences to Marietta Van den Munkhof-Vedder, Pieter J.C. Vedder’s family and friends. We were very pleased to work with Pieter J.C. Vedder while working on the Russian translation of the book “Modern Mushroom Growing 2020. Harvesting” by Pieter J.C. Vedder and Marietta Van den Munkhof-Vedder. You can download this book here: https://vedder.umdis.org/
15 minutes read
01.05.2024

Production of mushroom compost on a small scale

Is it possible to design compost production facilities for small volumes of the compost? If you struggle to buy compost and you don’t need big volumes of compost tu build a compost yard in “usual” way, are there any options?
15 minutes read
30.04.2024

Photos from Chinese Mushroom Days. Mushroom industry is going to make a proposal to United Nation

For those who are interested in proposing World Mushroom Day to their government or country, please contact me”, – tells Boey Tze Zhou.
15 minutes read
28.04.2024
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How Boglar Champ, largest Romanian mushroom farm, celebrates its 20th anniversary. Photos

Today Boglar Champ, the biggest mushroom farm of Romania, celebrates its 20th anniversary, – reports UMDIS Mushroom Information Agency. The farm supplies white and brown button mushrooms, pleurotus, and mushroom mixes. Mushrooms here are being grown in Dutch-type automatic mushroom houses.
15 minutes read
09.09.2022

Mushroom Short Course takes place on September 25-27 in USA

UMDIS agency participates in The 63rd Mushroom Short Course in America making a report. It is held at the Mendenhall Inn in Kennett Square on September 25-27, 2022. That has been a premier annual event in American mushroom growing since 1956.
15 minutes read
05.09.2022

“I don’t know how to continue working” – a mushroom grower in Uzbekistan

In Uzbekistan, at the end of the summer, mushroom prices decreased compared to the beginning. This is caused by an increase in supply, which in its turn is caused by the return into the market of a significant number of small mushroom farms. “There are many small growers. I don’t know how to continue working,” a mushroom grower from Tashkent shares with UMDIS.
15 minutes read
29.08.2022

“Як працювати не знаю” – грибовод в Узбекистані”

В Узбекистані наприкінці літа ціни на гриб знизились у порівнянні з його початком. Це викликано збільшенням пропозиції яка в свою чергу спричинена виходом на ринок значної кількості дрібних грибних ферм.
15 minutes read
24.08.2022

Marketing mushroom tips. UMDIS advises how to go for summer holidays rightly?

The Dutch tradition is to go on some-weeks summer vacations with the whole company team, reporting this to all clients. Italian suppliers often share this tradition, while Polish suppliers not. As our experience shows, Poles rest in different months, not with the whole company team, avoiding sharing it on company`s accounts – and often with mobile phone in a hand.
15 minutes read
23.08.2022

Monaghan Mushrooms and Walsh Mushrooms are on the list

The Irish Times produced its list of the top 1000 companies again this year. Nestled in among the ranking contenders were the two largest mushroom industry companies in the land, namely Monaghan Mushrooms and Walsh Mushrooms.
15 minutes read
11.08.2022

About peat, production cost, demand in Ireland. 2022 is the most difficult year for mushroom growers during 30 years

Codd Mushrooms supplies 50%+ of all mushrooms consumed in Ireland. The farm’s clients are Tesco, Aldi, Dunnes stores, Supervalu, BWG, as well as the catering sector. Codd Mushrooms offers white and brown mushrooms, sliced ​​white mushrooms and white mushroom caps, as well as portobello. The total volume of production is more than 5,500 tons of mushrooms every year.
15 minutes read
01.08.2022

Discover the WARM trend in MUSHROOM sector marketing

Marketing specialists, as me, would name it “warming up the image” (in Polish “ocieplać wizerunek”). When you show your brand with or near something pleasurable for most of your clients – like children, beautiful landscape, pets, animals etc. That causes nice emotions connected with your brand – what is always good for promotion.
15 minutes read
27.07.2022

Eco-friendly mushroom farm. UMDIS visited Wierzbno in Poland and spoke with the owners Jachimowicz family

Wierzbno mushroom farm is one of the most modern in Poland. The owners are the members of Jachimowicz family. The first facility – of Miroslav who is the father of the family – has 30 growing rooms by 540 m2 each. It was started in 2003. The second facility – of his daughter Natalia – has another 30 rooms of 580 m2, it was built in 2013. Wierzbno farm employs about 200 workers. 25 tons of white button mushrooms are produced per day here. Six-week cycle is applied.
15 minutes read
23.07.2022

Because of the crisis: Klara Kolodziejska tells how mushrooms are now being used to replace meat in Turkey

According to UMDIS sources in Turkey, the consumption of mushrooms in this country tends to increase in the last year. Mushrooms are becoming more popular – mainly in the restaurant business. The reason for this, however, is not good for the Turkish economy. The rate of the Turkish lira is now extremely low, inflation is high, and more and more Turks are forced to save. Restaurants, cafes and bars provides a significant percentage of consumption in Turkey. Dishes in restaurants is usually not expensive – so many families visit restaurants quite often instead of cooking at home.
15 minutes read
20.07.2022

Ukraine experiences the critical shortage of oyster mushrooms

Situation of oyster production shortage in summer was quite typical for the Ukrainian market. A year ago, in mid-July, according to UMDIS, oyster mushrooms on the Kyiv wholesale market costed EUR 1.9/kg, while champignon mushrooms costed Eur 1.1/kg. The supply of oyster mushrooms in the summer decreases more than the supply of champignons – that’s why the price difference is quite large in the summer – and in oysters are more expensive.
15 minutes read
13.07.2022

During the war Ukraine is turning from Phase 2 to Phase 3 compost

According to information received by UMDIS agency from compost producers of Ukraine, demand for Phase 3 compost has decreased slightly compared to the same period last year. At the same time, production of Phase 2 compost has more than halved due to reduced demand. As a result of these changes, already in the summer of 2022, the volume of champignon mushrooms produced on Phase 3 compost will exceed the volume of champignon mushrooms grown on Phase 2 compost.
15 minutes read
07.07.2022

Top 5 tips from Iurie Boiciuc: how to grow mushrooms in summer?

Iurie Boiciuc, a consultant of the UMDIS agency, has collected for us the main tips what to change in cultivation technology in order to have the best possible mushrooms and as few diseases as possible in summer. – Iurie, from your experience of working on dozens of farms: what do mushroom growers often do not pay attention to in summer so lose money? – In short, my tips for growing in the hot season are as follows:
15 minutes read
03.07.2022

Legro reports it takes over casing soil activities CNC

Legro Mushroom Casing Solutions BV – one of the leading suppliers of casing soil in Europe – has bought the assets of CNC Grondstoffen BV casing soil activities. CNC Grondstoffen BV is a large supplier of compost and casing soil having production in Holland and Poland. We should remember that in October 2020 UMDIS agency has written that the investment group Sun European Partners has acquired CNC Holding from the former owner the Cooperative Dutch Mushroom Growers Association. Also that worth to mention that Polish compost supplier Holpol is also a part of CNC.
15 minutes read
22.06.2022

Dragan Novakovic, owner of a compost plant, talks with UMDIS about the situation on the Serbian mushroom market

Serbia is a country on the Balkans with a population of about 7 million. According to the representative of Amycel Csaba Hajdú, the volume of production of mushrooms in Serbia – 5000-7000 tons. Local mushroom farms use compost by two plants. The absence of compost imported should be mentioned. ChampicompDoo. and UCADoo are the compost suppliers.
15 minutes read
20.06.2022

UMDIS agency has visited Pieczarkalia mushroom conference in Poland

Golden Edition of Pieczarkalia 2022 is the first event of the mushroom industry of Poland since 2019. The mushroom business in this country is actively growing – now the industry has two major challenges: the cost of energy and labor shortages. This was discussed at the conference from the stage, over coffee breaks and even at a banquet.
15 minutes read
17.06.2022

In Georgia: what are the prices for oyster mushrooms and champignons?

Prices for mushrooms in Georgia are now at the level of 3-5 dollars per kilogram – this is the first price from the farm. The price of oyster mushrooms is 3 dollars. For oyster mushrooms, this is the most typical price in this country, although it sometimes drops or rises to 4 dollars per kilogram.
15 minutes read
16.06.2022

Gleb Deriuga talks about the situation on mushroom market in Kazakhstan: mushroom prices – up to 3.7 Euro in a supermarket

The price of mushrooms from the farm in Kazakhstan now starts from 2 Euros per kilogram and reaches 2.6 Euros. In the supermarket chain mushrooms are sold at a price of 3.2 Euros to 3.7 Euros. The prices in spring were bigger – due to the exchange rate. Gleb Deriuga, a technologist at the “Frutegmilk” mushroom farm who has spent the last few months in Kazakhstan, shares the information.
15 minutes read
09.06.2022

All oyster farms in Ukraine may become closed in some weeks due to insuperable reason

Ukraine used to have two biggest suppliers of substrate for oyster mushrooms – “Druids” LLC and LLC “Eco- Grib”.
15 minutes read
20.05.2022

“Should I buy a tank, go and fight back their pulling boxes?” – farm owners of HAVIKA tell UMDIS agency about their farm, war, losses and relationships with suppliers

The farm of NAVIKA LLC – 7 cultivation chambers – is located in the village of Buzova, Kyiv region, there were active battles, the village was occupied by Russian troops. The owners of the farm are Melnyk and Lyubar families. Mark and Iryna Lyubar tell UMDIS Mushroom Information Agency how they are going through the war, how much they estimate the damage and what is needed to be restarted.
15 minutes read
19.05.2022

Video from Ukrainian Mushroom Days 2021 was published. Main industrial event in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Ukrainian Mushroom Days is the main meeting of the mushroom industry in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The IV International Exhibition-Conference was held on October 20-21. In 2021, 350 people from 20 countries, including Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, the Netherlands, Poland, and Italy, took part in Ukrainian Mushroom Days.
15 minutes read
15.12.2021

Ukrainian Mushroom Days gathered 350 participants from 20 countries

The Ukrainian Mushroom Days took place last week on Wednesday-Thursday, October 20-21 in Kiev in the congress hall of the Mercure Kyiv Congress. The event included an Exhibition, Conference and Gala Dinner. “This is the main meeting of our industry – that’s why I came to it. And other mushroom growers too,” says Oleg Pancheshenko, owner of a large Ukrainian farm Griko.
15 minutes read
26.10.2021

ONLINE COURSES for mushroom growers

🍄🍄 ONLINE courses for growers of button mushrooms (agaricus bisporus). UMDIS Mushroom Information Agency and the consultant Iurie Boiciuc are providing English language online courses for you. ❗️ The dates are: 21-25 of June.
15 minutes read
07.06.2021

Webinar: “How to Grow Large Mushrooms”

15 minutes read
28.02.2021

Webinar: “How a Harvesting Technologist Influences Yield and Staff Turnover”

15 minutes read
28.02.2021

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