Source: HD.com The main objective of the visit is to expand cooperation with Spanish greenhouse equipment manufacturers and agro-industrial companies, as well as to introduce modern technologies into Uzbekistan's agricultural sector. As part of the trip, regional representatives are holding talks in the province of Almería, which
Source: HD.com Peat-free substrates lose 90% of nitrogen - significantly reducing nutrient retention. In peat-free formulas, more than half of the nitrogen in this fertiliser is lost after the first watering and, by the sixth watering, nitrogen retention rates are down to 10%. This is a category-level issue, not
Source: VFD.com Innovation day highlights advanced automation and future pathways for Irish growers A Mushroom Innovation Day, hosted by Teagasc Horticulture Development Department, took place on Wednesday, 6 May at the Ashtown Research Centre in Dublin. It brought together growers, researchers, and technology providers to explore the future of
Source: VFD.com Saudi grower announces greenhouse expansion mega-project Saudi grower Dava Agricultural has announced the expansion of its controlled-environment production with two projects currently under development, including the Taif mega-project, which extends over 350 hectares of glass greenhouses. Wissam Abdul Samad, Deputy CEO of Dava Agricultural, states, "In
Source: HD.com Joris Mulders, a cultivation adviser at Delphy in the Netherlands, has been observing a rise in the bacterial disease among growers and is helping them manage the consequences of the excessive root growth. Mulders suspects that something went wrong at propagator level, allowing the harmful bacterium Agrobacterium
Source: HD.com The company, which recently launched its Harvester robot for tomato greenhouses, believes fully autonomous operation is essential to solving the structural labour shortages facing protected horticulture. "Our ambition is getting to a fully automated greenhouse where crop work is done by robots, while human labour is
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
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
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 million
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 disease-resistant,
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
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
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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
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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 for closed-loop
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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
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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 expanded
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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
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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 from
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Source: HD.com Day 1 agenda released for the Leafy Hydroponics Summit 2026 Thanks! Hydroponic and controlled environment systems have become key tools in addressing these challenges, offering greater control over crop conditions and enabling year-round production closer to consumers. Success is no longer defined by individual technologies alone, but
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Source: HD.com On the one hand, Agrogestia works as an ERP specialized in agricultural production, capable of managing human resources, harvesting, machinery, or inventories, while Knitink Technology focuses on sensorization, irrigation, and fertigation, meaning the agronomic execution in the field." The integration is designed as a bidirectional system
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Source: VFD.com At the facilities of Infinite Acres, a Dutch‑American subsidiary of the vertical farming company 80 Acres Farms, agriculture becomes an engineering project: Biology, climate technology, automation, and data analytics all interlock. This is where SICK's Multi Physics Box MPB10 comes into play. The condition-monitoring
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Source: VFD.com WAN Awards 2026 Future Projects for desert growing project Thanks! A network of greenhouses and vertical farm systems, the complex produces 2,500 metric tons of food annually and shows how a building can operate as infrastructure and civic architecture. © Andre Kikoski Architecture "Thank you World
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Source: HD.com Physical consistency in growing media affects water retention curves, aeration, and root-zone stability, thereby shaping predictable crop outcomes. As Alexandre Lambert of Lambert Peat Moss emphasises, "consistent crop performance starts with a reliable foundation." Lambert Peat Moss continues to focus on peat-based growing media designed
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Source: VFD.com Up to 50% of a strawberry plant's sale price goes towards transport We've been manufacturing vertical farming technology that allows growers to produce consistent, quality, and uniform plants in a repeatable, predictable fashion for over a decade now. For many commercial strawberry growers