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
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com "Denis brings more than two decades of international experience in horticultural lighting, greenhouse technology and global business development to MechaTronix. Throughout his career, he has built an extensive international network of growers, greenhouse specialists, technology partners and industry professionals across Europe, North America and beyond."
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com Rockwool has consistently been one of the preferred options for producing uniform, high-quality transplants, particularly Grodan rockwool. Because of customer demand for more economical alternatives in Mexico, she decided to test a lower-cost substrate for propagation. But once the substrate was tested under controlled conditions,
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com With the 20-hectare expansion, an investment of 9.7 billion drams, approximately 23 million euros, has been made. For that investment, it's not just a greenhouse that's realized: the facility is equipped with modern technologies, ensuring maximum automation where possible, and supplemental
Energy & Sustainability
Source: VFD.com spectrum, photoperiod and intensity) can optimize crop quality and yield, reduce energy consumption and production costs and increase energy use efficiency (EUE). This study aimed to investigate the influence of different combinations of photoperiod and light intensity on the yield, growth and lighting-energy use efficiency (L-
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com Yatsushiro, where a seismic intensity of upper 6 was recorded on the Japanese scale of 7, topped the country's municipalities in tomato harvest volume for the 2024 winter-to-spring shipping season. Some irrigation channels collapsed, halting water supplies in parts of the area. After
Facility Design
Source: VFD.com © Google Maps Tomato greenhouse The greenhouse has been operational since 2022 and was established in collaboration between Pure Harvest and NADEC. NADEC operates a 30-megawatt solar farm in Haradh, Saudi Arabia, that powers the facility. The official transfer of the greenhouse is scheduled for the fourth
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com Priva, active in climate and irrigation control for professional horticulture, and Nelson Irrigation, a trusted name in irrigation hardware, today announced a partnership that gives growers a more connected and precise way to manage water and fertilizer. Priva's platform uses real-time data from sensors
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com A free webinar on September 1 will highlight new research aimed at making water and nutrient monitoring more accessible for growers of all sizes. Ankit Singh, Assistant Extension Professor at the University of Maine, will present "Smarter Water: Developing a Low-Cost Sensor for Hydroponics,"
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com Ten years later, the company became one of the first growers to adopt suspended strawberry runner plant production on a larger scale as its primary cultivation method. Always looking ahead, Neessen took another step forward in 2025. When designing a new greenhouse, the company was not only
Energy & Sustainability
Source: VFD.com The partnership combines Priva's expertise in greenhouse energy optimization with Skye's energy market capabilities to help growers reduce energy costs, unlock new revenue opportunities, and optimize their use of energy assets, while keeping cultivation goals at the center. Energy flexibility in greenhouse operations