Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com "What initially started as indoor vertical farming projects has developed into integrated food production programmes that combine controlled environment agriculture, greenhouse horticulture, research, education and commercial food production." © Indoor Vertical.Farm From technology supplier to infrastructure developer "Governments are no longer looking for individual
Crop Science
Source: VFD.com This study aims to develop a compact and reliable farm monitoring system that improves water efficiency, enhances system stability and supports scalable deployment through a PCB-based integrated hardware architecture. To achieve this, an automated farm monitoring controller was designed and implemented using an ESP32 microcontroller integrated
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com More and more colleagues share this view: the regional government has brought together more than thirty technicians and industry organisations in an expert working group to agree on common protocols for pepper and nurseries." On exports: does a 5% drop accurately reflect the damage? A recent
Controls & Automation
Source: HD.com Examining Scandinavian greenhouse automation and climate-driven pest management During an intensive ten-day study tour across Denmark this past May, Edgars Kneksis had the opportunity to explore first-hand how Scandinavian growers are responding to increasing global industry pressures. Faced with rising energy costs, strict carbon
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com showcased its VGE Pro UV-C disinfection systems for the horticulture sector at GreenTech Amsterdam 2026, with a particular focus on water reuse applications in indoor and vertical farming. "The technology offers a sustainable way to ensure water stays free of any pathogens that could infect
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com The greenhouse farm was built on a large scale and heavily promoted by state media, but a series of problems has surfaced once operations began, the source told Daily NK. The farm is also struggling to secure specialists with the management knowledge needed to run a modern
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com Roughly 15 years ago, LED grow lighting was expensive and unproven, with efficacies that didn't clearly beat HPS lighting. Price per photon has dropped by a factor of 20 or more compared to early fixtures. Commercial LED efficacy has gone from around 1.3–1.
Controls & Automation
Source: HD.com According to WHS and Labour Manager Nicky Mann, technology delivers value only when supported by well-designed processes and skilled people. New workforce requires new training approach The business recently welcomed its first seasonal workforce from Timor-Leste, adding a new dimension to its existing labour programme.
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com Check out the photo report of the suppliers Cultivate 2026 here. Find the photo report of the floricultural companies at our sister website FloralDaily. © Arlette Sijmonsma | VerticalFarmDaily.com Pipp / GGS, team Berger, team VidaWool and Beneficial Insectary present at Cultivate 2026. Why this matters: For operators, this
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com Uzbekistan, Sumitomo explore energy-efficient greenhouse pilot project Thanks! This was reported in a report published by Uzbekistan's National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change, following a meeting between Aziz Abdukhakimov, advisor to the Uzbek President on environmental issues, and a delegation from Sumitomo, led
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com The industry benchmark for commercial greenhouse ventilation is 1 air exchange per minute, which means your fan capacity should equal the total interior volume of the structure. Standard target is 0.75 to 1.0 air exchanges per minute, though controlled-environment hydroponic setups in multi-span
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com The model resolves coupled airflow, heat, and moisture transport to capture plant-relevant microclimate conditions. A representative indoor vertical farm was simulated under different combinations of centralized air-conditioning, circulation fans, and water-cooled LED systems. Canopy-scale air temperature, relative humidity, leaf surface temperature, and transpiration