Business & Operations
Source: HD.com 10–11, 2026, in Charlotte-Concord, N.C., CEAg World is not a traditional trade show. It is a curated, grower-first gathering designed to prioritize meaningful connections, practical learning, and real business outcomes over scale. "This event is about delivering practical, proven solutions, from climate
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com Mexico: Dutch companies to invest over $200 million in automated greenhouse project Thanks! The companies, along with Dutch company Van der Hoeven, will invest $70 million in the first phase of the project. The project will begin with an initial phase of US$70 million and aims
Facility Design
Source: HD.com With the newly developed DG-12 50Hz, DryGair has introduced a more compact unit designed for dense crops such as vegetables, with added control capabilities to adjust operation throughout the growing season. All the time, air is moving continuously: a mellow movement that helps create uniform climate
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com At GreenTech Amsterdam, Priva will showcase Priva One: Priva's new crop-centric operating system designed to bring climate control, irrigation, crop performance and daily operations together in one platform. Instead of navigating separate systems and compartments, growers can manage daily operations from the perspective of
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com Biosensors show yield gains in Dutch tomato trials for second consecutive season For the second consecutive growing season, biosensors developed by Vivent Biosignals have been trialled in tomato cultivation at Tomatoworld in the Netherlands. © Thijmen Tiersma | VerticalFarmDaily.com Interested parties were given the opportunity on Wednesday, May
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com Reviewing the use of AI in CEA Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) refers to the practice of growing crops within regulated, enclosed systems where factors such as light, temperature, humidity, and nutrients can be precisely controlled. These systems generate vast amounts of operational and biological data as sensors
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com At GreenTech Amsterdam 2026, Corvus Drones, ADI and PlantScout will present a joint vision for the future of crop monitoring: combining flexible data collection with AI-powered analysis and practical workflow integration. Drones, camera systems, mobile applications, static sensors and AI-based software can help growers move
Post-Harvest
Source: HD.com The new equipment is designed to ensure consistent product quality and greater efficiency when handling large production volumes. The new production line allows us to meet increasingly strict quality requirements for our products," said a representative of Sulinkiai. In recent years, demand for peat substrate products
Energy & Sustainability
Source: VFD.com Signify cuts energy use by 25% and labour costs by 20% at South Korean university vertical farm Thanks! These solutions enable precise control of light intensity and spectral composition, along with time- and date-based scheduling to support the development of optimized growth recipes for a wide
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com From the earliest project phase, Priva was involved to ensure seamless integration of climate control, irrigation, and automation systems across all partners involved. A success factor in this project is the level of collaboration between technology partners and growers. As Endre Thesen Harnes, CCO at Avisomo, explains:
Controls & Automation
Source: HD.com Alongside the launch of pilot projects with 4 major European growers this season, the industry's shift toward automation is rapidly accelerating. © inaho Europe Evolution of the 2026 model: Maximizing operational efficiency "We have pushed operational efficiency to the limit through a complete hardware and
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com This motivates the development of robotic systems capable of performing precise flower targeting tasks while minimizing physical interference with delicate floral structures. This paper presents an aerial manipulator platform for perception driven flower detection, localization, and approach in vertical farming environments. The proposed system integrates onboard RGBD