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Source: VFD.com linking airflow to 35 percent higher basil yield "The plant has never been the center of attention when designing a growth system" Growers designing a controlled environment typically specify temperature, humidity, and light, then leave a climate company to engineer a room that hits those
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Source: VFD.com Looking at the trade-offs between hydroponic growing and conventional growing Controlled Environment Agriculture, specifically high-density vertical farming, offers unprecedented spatial yields but often suffers from a "yield-quality trade-off," in which accelerated biomass accumulation dilutes secondary metabolites. The experiment was conducted in
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Source: HD.com Paco García, crop advisor on one of the major intensive farming projects in Faiyum, Egypt "New blueberry plantings in Egyptian greenhouses now number in the thousands of hectares" Blueberry is fast becoming one of the crops leading the expansion of intensive agriculture in Egypt, where
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Source: HD.com Against this backdrop, controlled-environment agriculture, vertical farming, precision fertigation, and new fertilization technologies represent strategic research areas for developing more sustainable agri-food systems. With this international perspective in mind, the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP), Mexico, will host the 1st International Symposium on
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Source: HD.com New Zealand: Growing the good bugs, feeding the bad Most growers try to get rid of pests, but at a former tomato greenhouse near Karaka, Chris Thompson and his team need them to thrive. He picks up a leaf of a tobacco plant grown for its "
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Source: VFD.com "We were surprised that a tool for these growers didn't already exist" High-tech greenhouses are equipped with a wide range of modern technology, with data from these systems converging in the grower's climate computer. Spain-based SmartPath has developed a
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Source: HD.com Every grower access to climate control with wireless system High-tech greenhouses are equipped with a wide range of modern technology, with data from these systems converging in the grower's climate computer. Spain-based SmartPath has developed a climate control tool aimed at giving low-
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Source: HD.com Having started their tomato crops in May/June, both companies introduced the software from the very beginning of this new season. In practice, many cultivation decisions are based on a combination of experience, observations and figures that are often spread across separate spreadsheets, notes or systems. QMS
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Source: HD.com Substrates dry out faster during warm periods, irrigation windows become smaller, and every liter of water and every gram of fertiliser needs to be used as efficiently as possible. "By increasing access to water and nutrients already present in the root zone, plants are better equipped
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Source: VFD.com 13,000 residents, desalinated seawater, aquaponics, agrivoltaics Oman to build greenhouses in new self-sustaining agricultural city Al Najd Foster + Partners has unveiled detailed masterplan designs for the Al Najd Agricultural City in Dhofar, southern Oman. "Working in collaboration with Dar Al-Handasah, the Oman-based
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Source: HD.com The milestone was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by RiceTec employees, members of the RiceTec Board of Directors, and project team members who helped bring the facility from vision to reality. The greenhouse expands RiceTec's capacity to advance breeding and research initiatives, accelerate
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Source: HD.com Poland (+18.1%) and Belgium (+13.5%) recorded clear growth, while the Netherlands (-13.6%) and France (-16.7%) saw declines. Together, Spain, Italy, Poland, and the Netherlands account for more than 70% of EU tomato production, which totalled 6.53 million tonnes in 2024. Greenhouse production