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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Source: HD.com But for Ricardo Hernandez, Ph.D., associate professor of controlled environment agriculture (CEA) at North Carolina State University (NC State), research that yields real implications for growers takes precedence. "But I quickly realized that companies want to solve the same problem growers are facing." Impact
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Source: VFD.com UNS Vertical Farms opens 10,000-square-metre tomato facility in Al Ain "Food security today is about building a resilient, sustainable, and future-ready UAE food ecosystem" UNS Vertical Farms, a commercial vertical farming operation founded in 2018 as a division of the Speedex Group, is scaling
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Source: HD.com Kyrgyzstan growers using "smart greenhouses" for strawberries Kyrgyzstan growers using "smart greenhouses" for strawberries In Batken, villagers earn money using a special greenhouse farming method. Demand for their produce is high—the price per kilogram reaches 1,500 soms. It's worth
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Source: HD.com Pest pressure and disease reduce tomato greenhouse yields in Paraná Pest pressure and disease reduce tomato greenhouse yields in Paraná In Northern Paraná (PR), Brazil, producers of greenhouse-grown tomatoes with year-round production continue to report higher pest pressure, particularly from whiteflies and leafminers. However, the impact was
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Source: VFD.com Further, locating production closer to consumption areas helps shorten transportation distances and reduces CO2 emissions. The company's pollination robots use cameras and 3D image analysis to identify flowers requiring pollination and perform the process automatically. While bee pollination typically achieves around a 70% success rate,
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Source: HD.com Riccardo Russo, Vifra: “Managing the full water cycle starts with water quality for the crop and continues with reusing water whenever possible" Water management is an integral part of modern greenhouse operations, driven by increasing attention to resource efficiency and stricter recirculation requirements. "Managing the
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Source: HD.com From photobiology to dynamic lighting strategies in greenhouse production Greenhouse growers are working in conditions where crop performance and energy use must be managed at the same time. Light intensity affects photosynthesis, biomass accumulation, and yield, while spectrum influences morphology, flowering, rooting, and nutritional composition. The interaction