Crop Science
Source: HD.com Dutch grower turns to ChatGPT to explore new crop direction A grower in IJsselmuiden, in the Dutch province of Overijssel, has planted grapevines in a greenhouse as part of a new venture into indoor grape cultivation. Marijn Kalter is launching the enterprise together with his mother, Annet,
Crop Science
Source: HD.com Nordetect launches analytics platform to turn lab reports into actionable nutrient insights “We’re helping growers optimize every input from fertilizer to fertigation timing” Nordetect has launched the Nordetect Analytics Platform, a standalone cloud-based analytics software for greenhouse and vertical farm operations, built around what its co-founder
Crop Science
Source: HD.com Mexico's substrate market faces major turbulence over coconut fiber tariff reclassification Mexico's horticultural substrate market, and in particular the coconut fiber sector, is going through serious turbulence. What began as a change to tariff classification criteria has spiraled into a structural problem affecting
Crop Science
Source: VFD.com Biochar Initiative earlier this month, says its primary value for vertical farm and greenhouse operators is not in the supply chain itself, but in reducing the uncertainty that has slowed adoption. "By positioning as an institution, we emphasize our function as a trusted, independent source of
Controls & Automation
Source: AgFunderNews Were the conflict in the Persian Gulf to end tomorrow, global food prices could rise 12-18% above pre-crisis levels by the end of 2026, says one startup deploying AI to help procurement managers assess risk and plan accordingly. And they will get even higher in the first half
Crop Science
Source: HD.com South Africa: North-West University secures automated greenhouse to advance food research The Food Security and Safety (FSS) research niche area at North-West University (NWU) has secured a new automated greenhouse that will strengthen research capacity, support student training and expand crop production studies under controlled conditions. The
Crop Science
Source: HD.com differentiation on store shelves key for Greenbelt Organic Greens: "So many new local greenhouses that it's hard to stand out" Catching the eye of consumers scanning store shelves can be a challenge in the greenhouse-grown or controlled environment agriculture (CEA) leafy greens category.
Nutrients & Substrate
Source: Vertical Farm Daily Nordetect has launched a cloud analytics platform designed to turn nutrient lab reports into actionable greenhouse and vertical-farm insight. The core problem it targets is familiar: lab data arrives as PDFs, operators move numbers into spreadsheets manually, and trend analysis often happens too late or not
Regulation & Compliance
Source: HortiDaily The United States has launched an antidumping investigation into Mexican strawberry exports, raising the prospect of new tariff measures and putting additional pressure on cross-border produce trade. The case centers on allegations that Mexican winter strawberries are being sold at unfair prices, with a preliminary determination expected on
Business & Operations
Source: HortiDaily As greenhouse production expands in Japan, Zebra Greens partnered with Dutch consultancy Cultivators to build its hydroponic leafy-greens operation around training, commissioning discipline, and practical operating routines instead of learning everything after launch. The support model combined on-site training in the Netherlands, in-country sessions in Japan, and ongoing
Controls & Automation
Source: HortiDaily Apex Greenhouses is hosting a Priva training event in South Australia as part of a broader Hort Innovation protected-cropping program aimed at improving technical literacy across commercial greenhouse businesses. The one-day event focuses on foundational greenhouse climate control and irrigation control inside Priva environments, including weather stations, sensing
Controls & Automation
Source: HortiDaily Dutch cucumber grower Ties Verbaarschot is expanding an AI-assisted unloading system across newly acquired sites after seeing operational gains at his existing facility in Someren. The original trigger was simple. Aging unloading equipment could no longer keep up with rising crop volume, and recurring failures were causing production