Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com Substrate availability is falling while demand continues to rise." Capacity Existing systems typically process between 10 m³ and 15 m³ of substrate per hour. Total Systems and Konflex are now introducing two new systems: one with a capacity of 10 to 55 m³ per hour, and
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com Green Gas & Liquids' Nicola Donato: "Ten times less cost than you would have with liquid CO2" Greenhouse operators facing unstable energy markets and unreliable CO2 supply are increasingly turning to on-site carbon capture as a route to cost stability and supply independence, according
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com This solution complements the existing Hortimax Go and Hortimax Pro climate computers and has been specifically developed for growers who want to automate essential climate, water, and energy processes in a cost-efficient and future-proof way. With the introduction of Hortimax Plus, there is now a suitable Hortimax
Controls & Automation
Source: HD.com The project, known as INSCAN Lite, seeks to address some of the practical challenges associated with deploying advanced plant phenotyping systems in research facilities. The partners aim to develop a plant analysis platform that can be integrated into a wide range of existing greenhouse and climate chamber
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com US (OH): Great Lakes Growers plans $5 million expansion in Burton Thanks! Geauga County commissioners on Thursday approved an agreement intended to help the company secure financing for the project, which includes construction of a new greenhouse and infrastructure upgrades. The expansion will add a 50,000-square-foot
Nutrients & Substrate
Source: VFD.com Oxygen levels in irrigation water deserve more attention during summer Thanks! "Warm water contains less dissolved oxygen, while summer is precisely the period when root zone pressure increases," says Harm Vogels of Moleaer. © Moleaer Left: Low and decreasing oxygen content as temperature rises, right: increased
Controls & Automation
Source: HD.com Today, the industry is increasingly focused on precision, automation and crop-specific optimization as growers look for new ways to improve yield, quality and operational efficiency. "Key trends shaping the industry include dynamic spectrum control, higher efficacy LEDs, AI-driven environmental integration and advanced light recipes tailored to
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com At a greenhouse near Iceland's famous Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, Ichigo Strawberries is using geothermal power, pure Icelandic water and controlled indoor growing systems to produce premium Japanese strawberries — a crop rarely associated with northern climates. "Here, it is not so much the sun,
Energy & Sustainability
Source: VFD.com Speaking at CEAIF 2026, Nicolas Dietrich, Chief of Staff at Voltiris, argued that the greenhouse roof itself is part of the answer. By converting near-infrared light into electricity before it reaches the canopy, the modules reduce average leaf temperature by 3°C on sunny days with no
Controls & Automation
Source: HD.com James Fleet, Bloemteknik, on the new Grüne Fee Eesti project “Light-use efficiency essential in regions with limited and variable natural light” Designed specifically for challenging Northern European conditions, the new Grüne Fee Eesti greenhouse integrates multiple climate, energy, and automation subsystems into a single, coordinated control loop.
Energy & Sustainability
Source: VFD.com How Growy uses light intensity and spectrum to reduce energy use “We don’t need to blast these poor plants with hundreds of micromoles on the very first day” Growy has been, as Laura van de Kreeke put it at CEA and Indoor Farming 2026, "quite
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com Reassessing greenhouse glazing through a 30-year lens Miriam shares that this longer-term perspective was central to a recent 30-year greenhouse glazing analysis conducted in Guatemala. "Polyfilm's replacement schedule transforms a 2026 glazing decision into a commitment to purchase labor at 2040 and 2050 prices,