Nutrients & Substrate
Source: HD.com In 2023, Proefcentrum Hoogstraten (PCH) ran a full-season trial with Sigrow Soil Mini substrate sensors to find out whether sensor-driven irrigation could reduce drain water on a Mini-Air tabletop system with free drainage. By using continuous substrate moisture and EC data to steer irrigation in the second
Controls & Automation
Source: VFD.com Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news! Vertical options draw youth to growing in South Korea When the container door, an automated vertical farm in Geumgu-myeon, Gimje-si, Jeollabuk-do, was opened, about 2,200 basil were placed on a
Controls & Automation
Source: HD.com Calculating ROI as a greenhouse grower As input costs rise and margins tighten, greenhouse operations are increasingly judged not just on yield, but on how efficiently they generate returns. At its simplest, greenhouse ROI is calculated by dividing net profit by total investment cost — but in practice,
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com But for Ricardo Hernandez, Ph.D., associate professor of controlled environment agriculture (CEA) at North Carolina State University (NC State), research that yields real implications for growers takes precedence. "But I quickly realized that companies want to solve the same problem growers are facing." Impact
Crop Science
Source: HD.com This technology has demonstrated notable results in countries like Japan, where tomato growers observed a 1.4% yield increase for each 1% of additional interlighting, with some reporting up to 25% higher yields compared to greenhouses lacking supplemental lighting. Since its initial adoption in 2013, more than
Nutrients & Substrate
Source: HD.com "Monitoring and control can be done from Korea" Korean smart farm technology drives hydroponic strawberry production in Uzbekistan A 1.5-hectare smart greenhouse dedicated to strawberry production has been launched in Uzbekistan's Yukorichirchik district, representing a targeted effort to modernise underutilised greenhouse assets.
Facility Design
Source: HD.com Berry greenhouse in new Turkish greenhouse zone proposed Berry greenhouse in new Turkish greenhouse zone proposed A Turkish grower, Pure Harvest Tarim plans to expand in Türkiye. The Bafra Sera Organized Agriculture Zone is located in the Bafra Plain, an area nourished by the Kızılırmak River, and
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com UNS Vertical Farms opens 10,000-square-metre tomato facility in Al Ain "Food security today is about building a resilient, sustainable, and future-ready UAE food ecosystem" UNS Vertical Farms, a commercial vertical farming operation founded in 2018 as a division of the Speedex Group, is scaling
Facility Design
Source: VFD.com Currently, Firmmit is carrying out a smart farm modernization project covering 720 hectares (approximately 2.17 million pyeong) as part of a national project with the Uzbek government. According to Permit, the event, held from the 25th to the 27th at the AKIS (Agricultural Knowledge Information Service
Energy & Sustainability
Source: VFD.com Thanks to the result and the trust these growers have in the procedure, we can now observe practical outcomes directly in growers' operations, not just in a research setting." © Arlette Sijmonsma | VerticalFarmDaily.com The process on location The steaming took place using a mobile installation
Crop Science
Source: HD.com How to control seedling stretching in the greenhouse Seedling stretching remains a common challenge in nurseries, often affecting transplant quality and ultimately reducing crop yield. Elongated seedlings tend to develop thin, weaker stems and show greater sensitivity to environmental and mechanical stress, making their management a priority
Facility Design
Source: HD.com Cucumber sho we d 4.5 times higher CO₂ emissions (2443 kg CO2 eq) and over 8 times more water demand (95.42 m3) than O. For the cucumber, the operational phase was dominated by diesel and electricity consumption, which influenced global warming (90.8%), ozone formation