Business & Operations
Source: HD.com The milestone was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by RiceTec employees, members of the RiceTec Board of Directors, and project team members who helped bring the facility from vision to reality. The greenhouse expands RiceTec's capacity to advance breeding and research initiatives, accelerate
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com Poland (+18.1%) and Belgium (+13.5%) recorded clear growth, while the Netherlands (-13.6%) and France (-16.7%) saw declines. Together, Spain, Italy, Poland, and the Netherlands account for more than 70% of EU tomato production, which totalled 6.53 million tonnes in 2024. Greenhouse production
Facility Design
Source: HD.com The financing consists of refinancing and an expansion of facilities with existing and previous lenders, increasing the company's debt by approximately SEK 35 million. The investment is expected to be completed in December 2026. According to Agtira, the lighting installation is expected to increase annual
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com GoodLeaf Farms achieves profitability across all vertical farming operations GoodLeaf Farms has announced that all three of its farming facilities in Quebec, Ontario and Alberta have achieved profitability for the first time, marking a significant milestone for both the company and Canada's controlled environment agriculture
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com Managing strawberry roots through root-zone control For Indonesian strawberry grower Ihsan Alfalah, root development is primarily an irrigation, substrate, and nutrition management issue rather than a fertilizer-input question. "Roots will grow when the root-zone environment is favorable." Ihsan identifies moisture, oxygen availability,
Crop Science
Source: VFD.com BioScout already operates the world's largest fungal detection network in agriculture, with more than 250 sensors active across five continents. To combat these diseases, growers and farmers worldwide spend around $25 billion annually on crop protection products. BioScout aims to change that with SporeScout, a
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com The Company has benefited from similar market disruptions before: in reporting its 2025 annual results, Edible Garden disclosed that cut herb unit sales increased approximately 22.9% year over year, driven in part by incremental volume resulting from supply chain disruptions among competing herb suppliers. The Company&
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com A ban on withdrawing surface water has been in effect in the region since August 5. "If the dikes weaken due to drought, the safety of the 1.25 million residents in our region is at stake." As a result, no freshwater is currently available
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com Extending the life of natural pest-control compounds is opening new options for greenhouse growers Natural pest-management compounds such as essential oils and pheromones can offer useful biological control options, but their volatility can limit persistence. "In a greenhouse, that weathering factor is largely removed,
Post-Harvest
Source: HD.com For example, air containing the same amount of moisture may measure 40% relative humidity at 29°C, but 100% relative humidity at 15°C. Your aspirated sensor box might be hanging 25 centimeters away from the crop, showing an RH of 85%. However, inside that boundary layer,
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com They will grow without sunlight or soil and, the scientists say, will use 98% less water than traditional farming. Innovation Agritech Group (IAG) has designed and built the grow panels using full-spectrum LED lighting and automated closed-loop irrigation. Aeroponic beds do not use soil, instead
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com Philippines: DA-Davao gives hydroponics facility to PDLs Thanks! Rey Jhon Guadalquiver, a project engineer at DA-Davao, said that the department's goal is to modernize the agricultural sector and support inclusive development. "This project reflects our commitment to expanding access to modern, climate-