by Matthias Thaler | May 20, 2024 | peat-free-casing
CORMO is testing an advanced 100% peat-free casing at Inagro in Belgium. The new material is being tested in terms of yield and contamination. Inagro is one of the leading European research institutes in the field of vegetable cultivation and mushroom production and...
by Matthias Thaler | May 10, 2022 | Cormo-News
Saving 332 kg/m3 of CO2: TEFA makes it possible We were aware that we were making a major contribution to CO2 savings and climate protection with our TEFA cover soil, after all this is one of CORMO’s main concerns. However, the fact that the contribution is so...
by Matthias Thaler | Apr 22, 2022 | Cormo-News
Great interest in TEFA validation Parallel to the large-scale validation project with the Association of German Mushroom Growers, two other partners from Switzerland and Austria are now also testing our peat-free casing made from corn straw. On the one hand, this is...
by Matthias Thaler | Apr 22, 2022 | Cormo-News
With TEFA, climate protection and value creation go hand in hand At the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November 2021, the participating countries agreed as never before that the global energy transition must be accelerated in order to limit global warming...
by Matthias Thaler | Apr 19, 2022 | Cormo-News
New cooperation with Suter Champignon There is nothing more valuable to us than a trusting cooperation with the mushroom industry, because we want to develop our TEFA casing according to demand and under the premise of mutual benefit. Now we are pleased to have a new...
by Matthias Thaler | Mar 25, 2022 | Cormo-News
Material assessment in Cuijk The validation project of the BDC goes into the next round. On 22 February 2022, an extensive material inspection took place at our partner Legro in Cuijk, the Netherlands. During this appointment, our peat-free casing TEFA was thoroughly...
by Matthias Thaler | Mar 23, 2022 | Cormo-News
CORMO casing: Future solution for the mushroom industry In an extensive project, the Association of German Mushroom Growers “BDC” is testing the potential of our CORMO casing as a sustainable alternative to black peat casing soil. So far, there is no comparable...
by Matthias Thaler | Mar 21, 2022 | Cormo-News
On the trail of the “holy grail” with CORMO Mushroom Business reports in the September 2021 issue on the enormous potential of our CORMO casing. Under the title “Searching for the holy grail”, the current challenges of the mushroom industry are highlighted, which is...
by Matthias Thaler | Mar 18, 2022 | Interesting facts
Price monitor According to sector insiders, ex production prices for black peat are currently rising by 8% per year. The rise in prices is related to reduced extraction in northern Germany and Ireland, as well as heavy rainfall in the Baltic countries, rendering...
by Matthias Thaler | Mar 16, 2022 | Interesting facts
Law on peat reduction in Switzerland A stepwise ban of peat utilisation is planned along with the introduction of the CO2-law in Summer 2021. It is planned to give the mushroom and vegetable producers a transition period of 4 years, as part of a sector...
