Controls & Automation
Source: VFD.com However, the increase in production area is raising a second issue that is becoming just as important as the installation of the hydroponic system itself, since maintaining stable production parameters 365 days a year requires reducing dependence on manual controls and using tools capable of continuously monitoring
Controls & Automation
Source: VFD.com Yet, already during his first production season, thanks to the properly selected automation and ONDO's agronomic expertise, he managed to achieve excellent results in terms of both crop yield and quality. Hydroponic growing requires precision with every irrigation cycle When growing strawberries in coconut coir
Facility Design
Source: HD.com Kazakhstan: Qaztomat to expand with 10 hectare LED-lit tomato greenhouse Thanks! The project will increase Qaztomat's total greenhouse area from 30 to 40 hectares, further strengthening its position as a leading producer of fresh tomatoes in the region. Located in the Pavlodar region of
Crop Science
Source: HD.com 1 in Dallas Greenhouse and high tunnel growers looking for the latest tools to manage pests and diseases can hear directly from experts at a symposium hosted by Texas A&M AgriLife set for Oct. The Integrated Pest and Pathogen Management Symposium for Controlled Environment Agriculture
Controls & Automation
Source: VFD.com Having worked at companies such as Lock Drives and Ridder, he has built extensive expertise in greenhouse technology, automation and climate control. Adler Jiang Autonomous growing keeps growers in control When explaining autonomous climate and irrigation control by Crop Controller to new growers, Adler often compares it
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com "We saw problems along the way in the big vertical farms," says Gert-Jan van Staalduinen, Technical Director at Logiqs, a Dutch company specialising in cultivation systems, warehouse automation and vertical farming. © Logiqs bv Airflow built into the bench Logiqs answered both problems with the
Market Intelligence
Source: HD.com A conventional valuation provides insight into market value, but says relatively little about the actual technical condition of the greenhouse and its installations. With a technical valuation, we also look at what it will take for that business to retain its value in the future and which
Nutrients & Substrate
Source: HD.com "Because it collected information after the fact, the data was hard to keep accurate, which reduced the team's confidence in the system's fairness." TheGreenhouseApp was designed to capture work information directly on the greenhouse floor. A healthy crop and a happy
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com Firms tap AI and sensors to boost indoor farming as Japan faces farmer shortage Thanks! Oishii Farm, which runs a strawberry factory in the United States, recently established a new research and development base in the city of Hamura in western Tokyo. The company uses AI to
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com This new phase, Fieldlab Vertical Farming 3.0, will focus on hybrid growing systems that combine vertical farming with high-tech greenhouse horticulture. Since its launch in 2019, the Fieldlab has brought together knowledge, research facilities, and entrepreneurship in the field of vertical farming. Together, this has
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com "The grower of the future needs to understand both plants and technology" The North American greenhouse industry continues to develop rapidly. For Frans Neijenhuis, founder of High-Tech Growers Recruitment (HTG), this is something he sees regularly when searching internationally for growers and greenhouse professionals.
Controls & Automation
Source: HD.com Sensors, monitoring systems, software platforms, automation and artificial intelligence are becoming increasingly accessible to growers. "The first question should be: 'What is currently limiting the performance or profitability of the operation?'" If water availability is the priority, accurate irrigation and drainage monitoring may