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Source: VFD.com Yet, already during his first production season, thanks to the properly selected automation and ONDO's agronomic expertise, he managed to achieve excellent results in terms of both crop yield and quality. Hydroponic growing requires precision with every irrigation cycle When growing strawberries in coconut coir
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Source: VFD.com Having worked at companies such as Lock Drives and Ridder, he has built extensive expertise in greenhouse technology, automation and climate control. Adler Jiang Autonomous growing keeps growers in control When explaining autonomous climate and irrigation control by Crop Controller to new growers, Adler often compares it
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Source: HD.com Sensors, monitoring systems, software platforms, automation and artificial intelligence are becoming increasingly accessible to growers. "The first question should be: 'What is currently limiting the performance or profitability of the operation?'" If water availability is the priority, accurate irrigation and drainage monitoring may
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Source: HD.com Andalusian nursery: 25 years trusting in Conic irrigation carts and seeders from Smart Sowing Systems "Irrigation automation has allowed us to gain uniformity, traceability and production safety" The quality of a horticultural plant is determined long before it reaches the grower's operation, it
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Source: HD.com Examining Scandinavian greenhouse automation and climate-driven pest management During an intensive ten-day study tour across Denmark this past May, Edgars Kneksis had the opportunity to explore first-hand how Scandinavian growers are responding to increasing global industry pressures. Faced with rising energy costs, strict carbon
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Source: HD.com According to WHS and Labour Manager Nicky Mann, technology delivers value only when supported by well-designed processes and skilled people. New workforce requires new training approach The business recently welcomed its first seasonal workforce from Timor-Leste, adding a new dimension to its existing labour programme.
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Source: HD.com Today, many of those same growers are asking us to install machines as quickly as possible." Labour shortages, rising production costs and increasing demands for uniformity are driving greenhouse growers to rethink propagation. "We combine Air-tray® tray technology, automation and efficient plant handling all
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Source: VFD.com Greenphyto's Susan Chong on the innovations driving scalable vertical farming "The key question is the cost per head of lettuce" Advances in agritech, automation and controlled-environment agriculture are transforming food security and sustainable food production. Under her leadership, Greenphyto has developed patented
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Source: HD.com By bringing wireless sensor data from Aranet directly into the Ridder platform, growers now benefit from a single, central environment for monitoring and analyzing key climate and crop parameters. This integration enables growers to collect, visualize, and analyze all important greenhouse and crop data in one central
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Source: HD.com "The projects are increasingly being planned as integrated systems that combine structure, climate control, irrigation, fertigation and data infrastructure, rather than as separate technical components added in phases." © Rayyan Future of protected cultivation Ihab explains that greenhouse developments are shifting toward designs that can accommodate
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Source: HD.com According to entrepreneur Peter van Beek of Sol 4 Audio, based in the Netherlands, this is also driving demand for professional audio solutions that improve safety, streamline work processes and create a more pleasant working environment. By combining music, announcements, safety alerts and automated break signals, you
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Source: HD.com Growers are currently balancing rising labor costs, increasing automation, AI-driven decision making, energy efficiency targets, and the need for greater operational consistency across sites. Argus Control Systems will host a discussion on this topic at Cultivate '26 in Columbus. The session, titled "Considering the