Researchers at the National University of Singapore have discovered a revolutionary way to transform mushroom waste into biofuel. Despite claims to the contrary, biofuel — typically derived from food crops — is often more environmentally-destructive than it is helpful. This new technique could change that by harvesting energy from waste produced in the process of mushroom cultivation. In a study published in Science Advances, researchers explain how Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum (TG57), a common bacterial byproduct of mushroom cultivation, can be isolated and used to convert plant-based cellulose into biobutanol. Biobutanol is a biofuel that can be used by vehicles designed to run on gasoline.

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In order to push the innovative development, communication and cooperation of China’s Shiitake industry, The First National Shiitake Industry Innovation Development Meeting sponsored by China Edible Mushroom Business Net and China Township Enterprises Association will be held on 6-8th, June in Dandong City, Liaoning Province of China.

China holds over 800 years of history on Shitake cultivation. Now, region of cultivation has spread to the majority of provinces, cities and autonomous areas in China. In 2016, China’s gross output on Shiitake mushroom came to 9 million tons or so, which accounted for 25% of gross mushroom output.

Over the years, Shiitake mushroom has been grasped as one of the leading varieties that boost precise poverty alleviation, and it keeps on playing a positive and promoting effect on growth of agricultural efficiency, growth of farmers’ income and rural revitalization. Meanwhile, a series of problems on strained supply of raw materials, low intensive level, poor market circulation exist in strain selection, technical innovation, production management and market construction of China’s Shiitake industry. Consequently, we need more communication and study so as to positively figure solutions out, break development bottleneck and realize innovative and sustainable development.

This time of meeting seizes "Promoting the Innovation, Transforming the Function and Stimulating the Development" as the theme, embraces on many hot issues such as production and processing technology of China’s Shiitake mushroom, building of product brand and construction of circulation channel. Besides, a visiting to a Shiitake base is also in planned arrangement during the course.

Hailed as “The Largest and The Most Beautiful Border City in China,” Dandong City situates in southeast of Liaoning Province, it is the key intersection between Northeast Asia Economic Circle and Economic Circle of Bohai and Yellow Sea. In recent years, Dandong City insists on vigorously developing anti-season mushroom production by virtues of local natural environment and geographic traffic. As scale of local mushroom industry goes from strength to strength, mushroom production has become the leading industry which promotes local masses to generate incomes and increase foreign exchange through exports, and it breeds big market potential.

TenCate is your one stop shop for your nets. Both for the compost producers and the mushroom growers we have the complete product range. TenCate also supplies additional products to the industry, like Toptex straw and compost
covers, pulling nets for use in containers and/or trucks, manure belts, separation nets, protection liners to prevent leakage from tunnels/bunkers and liners for water/manure storage.

The Toptex fabric is a high grade membrane to protect straw, sugar beet and potato harvests from frost and rain, thereby reducing the amount of clinging clay on beets or potatoes and efficiently leading to less cleaning water needed in the process. On top of this, dried harvests offer a higher yield for the farmer and better quality for the consumer.

Toptex straw cover fabric effortlessly helps to ensure an optimum harvest quality at any given time of the year.

Toptex fabrics protect straw bales reliably against any impact caused by wind and rain, while providing effective respiration for the harvested good. Thus leading to a constantly high quality of the seasonal straw, which is preserved effortlessly throughout the whole winter period, drying off after any heavy rainfall while effectively avoiding mold development on the harvest.

Toptex straw cover fabric is produced from green, continuous polypropylene filament at 130 g/m2 (3.8 oz/yd2) and available in the following sizes:

• 9.8 x 12.5m (10.7 x 13.7 yd)
• 12 x 25m (13.1 x 27.3 yd)
• 9.8 x 25m (10.7 x 27.3 yd)

Straw and Hay covers

Toptex fabrics protect straw, hay & cereals from varying weather conditions that could possibly affect the quality of the harvest. By protecting your valuable harvest, a secure Toptex coverage prevents a significant loss of volume of the harvested goods due to rain leaking into it and consequently decreasing the production outcome and thereby the farmers yield on the harvest. It also prevents the loss of quality that would otherwise not only affect profit but also considerably lower the products image and the costumers satisfaction.

A secure coverage using Toptex ensures thereby the continuously high quality of the straw & hay bales and keeps costumers happy and returning in the consecutive years.

Main benefits of Toptex straw & hay covers

Toptex ensures the effective protection of any kind of straw or hay bales (round & square) for a prolonged period of time.

The outstanding benefit of Toptex straw covers are their high water shedding ability which effectively maintains the straw bales properties at a high quality level when storing straw bales outdoors for prolonged periods of time. Additionally, Toptex straw covers are highly resistant to wind lifting.

Toptex straw covers have also high values when it comes to proven tensile strength and tear resistance, (including but not limited to strong wind). This combined with quick drying properties even after heavy rainfalls make Toptex straw covers a highly valuable application for outdoor storage.

The UV Stability of Toptex straw covers is guaranteed for at least 3 years life-span, but can be prolonged when stored indoors during the period of non-utilization.

Setup

Installation of the Toptex fabric should always be at least around 45° degrees and very tightly adjusted to avoid loose “wavy” appearance leading to minor protection or leakage.

Please also see TenCate Toptex video below.

Last year we relaunched the platform Mushroom Industry Directory and since then a lot has happened! We are about to make some exciting changes to further improve the position of our beloved Mushroom.

Change of name

When we started last year we decided to keep the name which was already known to a part of our readers. We have learned in the last couple of months that the name MID-News.com does not completely cover the activities we deploy as well as our future plans. We would like to strengthen the position of the Mushroom across the board as well as bringing you the most interesting news in the Mushroom Industry. Therefore we have decided to change our name to MUSHROOM MATTER! This also means that the way you receive our Newsletter in future will change as well and we will combine this with the deployment of our Privacy Policy.
In the coming weeks we will also execute our new brand identity!

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As you might know and/or already working on this subject within your organization, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most important change in data privacy regulation over the last 20 years. We would like to ensure that you, as a reader and recipient of our Newsletter, are informed that we process your data with the upmost integrity. Within the coming weeks you will receive a separate mail from us including Privacy Policy and the required action you need to take to continue receiving our Newsletters.

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Mushroom really matter, so let’s continue to further develop and grow this business together!

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The first ever event in Europe on the cultivation of lignicolous fungi.

WoodFungi will be truly a growers to growers’ conference. We are hosting a diverse group of speakers willing to share their experience with colleagues and offering pragmatic advice. Expect cutting edge technology in wood fungi cultivation.

There will be plenty of time for networking with old and new friends. You will meet fellow growers from all over the world with whom you can exchange ideas and compare practical solutions to common problems. You will find answers to long lingering questions.

Monday night all participants are invited to a festive reception offered by Mycelia and SacO2, including an informative tour through Mycelia’s premises.

The printable conference program is now available: https://woodfungi-conference.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PrintableProgram_.pdf

At present, Shanghai Xingxiu Specialized Mushroom Cooperative is greeting a group of foreign tourists.

Located in Shanyang Town, Jinshan District of Shanghai City, Shanghai Xingxiu Specialized Mushroom Cooperative is a demonstration base of new variety managed by Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Now, it absorbs 72 greenhouses, of which standardized greenhouses account for 24. Besides, the cooperative specially engages in mushroom cultivation that highlights above 20 varieties and it is indeed “The Heaven of Mushroom” which sets production of fresh mushroom, processing and marketing, picking and tourism into one.

Shanghai Xingxiu Specialized Mushroom Cooperative provides all sorts of strain, sticks, dried and fresh mushrooms throughout the year, products are sold well in Japan, Europe and America, Australia and other oversea nations.
 

This vigorous April indicates the busy spring farming time in Heilongjiang Province of China.

Now, in Sandao Mushroom Cooperative which situates in Shangzhi City, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province of China, Black fungi are showing desirable growth trend, after a few days, they are going to enter into the markets of France, Australia, America and Canada. By 2018, the estimated annual output capacity on Black fungus reaches 50 million bags.

As China’s main production region of Black fungus, Heilongjiang Province accounts for 50% of China’s gross Black fungus output. Within the province, Shangzhi City is the area that initially debuts artificial Black fungus cultivation.

With the advantageous conditions of large diurnal temperature variation, clear spring water and superior water quality, organic Black fungi produced in Shangzhi city are preferred by customers by virtues of thick texture and abundant nutrition.

Over the years, Shangzhi City keeps on introducing internationally-advanced technology and equipment on establishment of greenhouses which are controllable on aspect of temperature, humidity, illumination and ventilation. Besides, the city persists in touching in line with international markets on required variety, packaging and label of manufacturing enterprise. In 2014, Shangzhi City was approved as National Geographic Mark Certification of Black Fungus.

In recent years, mushroom industry has been grasped as one of four pillar industries which promote farmers to generate revenues in Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province of China. Now, the city has become China’s largest production and marketing region of Black fungus.

Last year, gross capacity of mushroom cultivation attained 4.3 billion bags and per capita pure incomes came to 3500 CNY within the city.

“Black fungus and Monkey head mushroom are characteristic agricultural products in Northeast China. Over the years, along with the acceleration of structural adjustment on crop farming, output of Black fungus has been increased year by year in all regions within Heilongjiang Province,” introduces Supply and Marketing Cooperative of Mudanjiang City warmly, adding that in case that sales markets are restricted to Northeast China, OVERSUPPLY is easy to come by.

This year, in order to reverse the situation which emphasizes large quantity and low price, Mudanjiang City vigorously promotes Facility Agriculture, guides farmers and specialized cooperatives to realize greenhouse-mode and garden-mode mushroom production. To analyze on actual situation, market price of greenhouse-mode Black fungus could be lifted by 1- CNY compared with field-mode one. Besides, anti-season production could be achieved on Monkey head mushroom while products are superior in quality and high in price.

According to investigation from related department, in 2017, rate of mushroom processing only reached 8% in Mudanjiang City.

Compared with the retail price of 60 CNY per kg in northeast market, the present market price on superior Black fungus reaches 100 CNY per kg in Guangdong Province while export price to Korea is doubled to 120 CNY per kg.