Controls & Automation
Source: VFD.com An 'electronic agronomist' created in Ukraine reduces costs by 20% Thanks! An 'electronic agronomist' created in Ukraine reduces costs by 20% Green Future Engineering, a company engaged in the development, production and sale of equipment for professional hydroponic systems and also operating its
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com Growers invited to exclusive roll-air greenhouse open houses during Cultivate 2026 Thanks! Growers invited to exclusive roll-air greenhouse open houses during Cultivate 2026 During Cultivate 2026 in Columbus, Ohio, Rovero Greenhouses is once again opening the doors to two greenhouse locations, giving growers, greenhouse operators, and garden
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com From climate control to plant control Greenhouse cultivation has become increasingly advanced over the last decades. Growers today have access to detailed environmental data and control systems that manage temperature, humidity, CO₂, and lighting with remarkable precision. Intelligent control systems added the ability to optimize lighting strategies
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com Part Five: Inside Koppert Cress on the Hightech Horti Innovation Tour 2026 "We never say no, that's our claim to fame" After the morning's stop at HIC Venture Studio and the Delphy Improvement Center, the Hightech Horti Innovation Tour 2026 group
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com After years of delays, legal disputes, and growing community speculation, Vertical Harvest's massive hydroponic greenhouse is finally producing food in Westbrook — though the facility remains far from full capacity. Inside the greenhouse On June 22, I toured the Vertical Harvest facility in Westbrook, where employees
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com Estonia's top greenhouse producer may drop herbs and lettuce after aid denial Thanks! Estonia's top greenhouse producer may drop herbs and lettuce after aid denial Estonia's largest grower of vegetables and herbs, Grüne Fee, did not qualify for the EU renewable
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com Spark Radar develops new test Rapid distinction between between active and inactive virus particles Dutch company Spark Radar has developed a new test that allows growers to quickly determine whether a greenhouse or irrigation water is genuinely free of virus, not just free of viral genetic material.
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com Ecobloom partners with Ridder, Oksasen Puutarha, and Helle-Tech Oy “This becomes the biggest pilot we've done” Ecobloom Technologies has begun a pilot with Ridder, Finnish lettuce and herb grower Oksasen Puutarha, and Finnish greenhouse installer Helle-Tech Oy, allowing its AI crop-monitoring platform, EcoSense, to act
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com To mark the occasion, Aquasol Solar organized a Battery Build Open Afternoon (known in Dutch as a BBK) at the grower's site in the Westland growing region. Around 70 attendees received a presentation from specialists involved in the project, similar to a previous open afternoon
Controls & Automation
Source: HD.com produce operations Fox Solutions, in partnership with JASA Packaging Solutions and Newtec, will host a live webinar on Tuesday, June 30th, focused on how U.S. The session launches the new "Let's Talk Automation" conversation series, bringing together leadership from three companies across
Facility Design
Source: VFD.com The Improvement Center runs to roughly one hectare across 27 greenhouse compartments, the biggest of which are 1,000 square metres, while the smaller ones are 150 to 250 square metres. With them, we try to replace more or less the important part of what the grower
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com "Vertical farming is always looking for efficiency, specific spectra and multi-channel control" Thanks! "Vertical farming is always looking for efficiency, specific spectra and multi-channel control, and better heat dissipation with an external driver," said Rafaello Montanari, describing the priorities behind the company'