Controls & Automation
Source: VFD.com At the same time, the potential for increased automation is significant, particularly through better use of data, sensors, and artificial intelligence. The path forward has two parts: (1) automating the most structured tasks, and (2) developing flexible robotic systems that can handle biological variation. The latter in
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com Up to 50 per cent drop in endive volumes at Dirk Declercq’s farm “At times, it was touch and go whether we would have enough water” Curly endive cultivation has suffered severely this summer due to the extreme weather conditions. Prolonged heat, high evaporation rates, and
Controls & Automation
Source: HD.com Internal logistics eye-catcher in propagation greenhouse Dutch vegetable plant propagator Beekenkamp Plants has commissioned a new 4-hectare greenhouse facility in Maasdijk, in the Westland region of the Netherlands. Across all its locations, Beekenkamp Plants operates 35 hectares dedicated to vegetable plant propagation. Looking upward, you
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com This is particularly true for LED lighting, where growers are moving beyond simply measuring light intensity and are increasingly interested in the spectrum reaching their crops. That challenge is one of the reasons Apogee Instruments developed Aurora, a permanently installed real-time spectral sensor designed to provide
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com During a visit to the company's facility at Cambridge Innovation Park, the MP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire heard how investment from venture capital firm Elbow Beach has enabled Fieldwork Robotics to develop its autonomous berry-harvesting technology, expand its team, increase manufacturing capacity, and
Energy & Sustainability
Source: VFD.com This chapter critically examines the potential of these approaches to decrease carbon footprints across several dimensions: land use, transportation, energy consumption, and waste. The analysis begins with a review of carbon emission sources in traditional agriculture, including long supply chains and deforestation for farmland. Subsequently, the chapter
Nutrients & Substrate
Source: VFD.com BARI Lettuce-1, Green Wave and New Red Fire; two varieties of spinach viz. BARI Palongshak-1 and BARI Palongshak-2; one variety of Pak Choi named BARI Batishak-1; three varieties of mizuna, namely Late White Stem, Mustard Green and Salad Kyomizuna; one variety (unknown) of
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com Integrating IoT into hydroponic saffron cultivation Saffron (Crocus sativus) remains one of the most geographically confined crops in the world — dependent on a soil medium, vulnerable to climate unpredictability, and burdened by a labour-intensive harvest, all of which make industrial-scale production impractical. This research proposes
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com South Korea: Solar seasonal storage system achieves 4.1 heat pump COP in greenhouse heating Thanks! The researchers analyzed the system over three years at a two-section greenhouse used to grow Dekopon oranges on 2,090 m² and Setoka oranges on 1,760 m². "In
Energy & Sustainability
Source: VFD.com Crop performance targets for cost-competitive vertical farming Vertical farming may offer a scalable solution to land, water, and climate constraints in agriculture, yet its viability hinges on reducing energy and capital costs. High energy use, labour requirements and investment costs raise concerns about both economic feasibility
Controls & Automation
Source: HD.com It was this need, observed over years of working directly with agricultural structures, that gave rise to Walia® by Mateo e Hijo, a solution developed to automate the opening and closing of plastic covers and nets and to address an increasingly clear demand from growers: "Opening
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com According to DEEP Robotics, the deployment has reduced manual carrying work by more than 70 per cent. Turpan experiences ground surface temperatures above 50°C during August. © DEEP Robotics DEEP Robotics' Lynx M20S robots are being used to collect loaded grape baskets from workers and transport