Business & Operations
Source: HD.com 200th HydraFiber Processing Unit installed at Pettiti Family Farms Thanks! Substrate HydraFiber combines wood and bark and refines them in a pressurized vessel to create an approximately 98% porous fiber substrate with extremely low bulk density that can be blended with for example peat. An important feature
Facility Design
Source: VFD.com Protected cropping industry comes together at HFF Conference 2026 Thanks! Protected cropping industry comes together at HFF Conference 2026 The 2026 Hydroponic Farmers Federation (HFF) Conference brought together growers, industry leaders and supply chain partners from across Australia for three days of connection, practical insights and discussion
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com Italy: Greenhouses and photovoltaics, from Sicily the new model for green agriculture Thanks! The first agri-voltaic plant in Italy based on Serra Archimede® technology, built by Bee srl and designed by the Regran Group and financed by Banca Agricola Popolare di Sicilia with a 1.1
Crop Science
Source: VFD.com Uzbekistan: Creating a new system for growing and selling fruits In the Quva district of Uzbekistan, the long-standing traditional methods of seedling cultivation are now merging with modern agricultural technologies. The "Quva Agrostar" enterprise operating in the district has established a system for growing
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com The company supplies the convention centre with salad greens, edible flowers, and a rotating selection of microgreens under its Valléa Farm & Co. Deliveries run twice a week, with the harvest schedule coordinated directly with the MTCC culinary team around its event calendar. "The short answer
Nutrients & Substrate
Source: HD.com In its experience center, a wide range of tomato and cucumber varieties are grown under the same conditions, enabling growers to evaluate differences in growth, yield and plant behavior. To better organize and interpret this data, De Ruiter selected LetsGrow.com as its greenhouse data platform. Because
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com Creating more precise lighting controls for greenhouse growers Thanks! Connext 916 goes a step further and gives you the opportunity to shape the full spectrum, color by color, at the right moment, exactly to the crop needs," said René Hofman, Product Manager Connext. © Priva BV Consistent
Market Intelligence
Source: VFD.com vGreens raises two million euros for AI-controlled plant cultivation The Essen-based technology company vGreens has completed a financing round of approximately two million euros. The company, founded in 2022, plans to use the capital to roll out its combination of sensor technology and AI software
Nutrients & Substrate
Source: HD.com "Plants do not respond to isolated values of temperature, light, or humidity, but rather to the balance between the energy they receive and the energy they consume to grow, respire, and produce." © Canna.biz RTR over time The scientific link between radiation and temperature has
Facility Design
Source: HD.com Throughout the last lustrum, the company renewed almost 25 hectares of older greenhouses into high-tech, automated, modern facilities. © Floratom © Floratom Domestic and international sales Floratom currently operates 31 hectares in total and stands as one of the four major greenhouse operators in the country. The company
Controls & Automation
Source: Instrumentation and Control Engineering Doubles Quadruples Increases by 2 times No change Explanation: Flow ∝ √ΔP √(16/4) = √4 = 2 Flow doubles, not quadruples Common mistake is assuming linear relation Explanation: Flow ∝ √ΔP √(16/4) = √4 = 2 Flow doubles, not quadruples Common mistake is assuming linear relation 23 / 25 Specific
Energy & Sustainability
Source: VFD.com An initial reaction might be: "That makes sense, because you save more than 2,000 km of truck transport." Yet the situation is not that straightforward. Assuming an average diesel consumption of 40 liters per 100 km for a 15-ton refrigerated truck transporting lettuce