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Source: VFD.com Balancing tech and automation in controlled environment agriculture Thanks! Balancing tech and automation in controlled environment agriculture Automation, robots, large language models (LLMs), sensor networks, IoT and AI dominate conversations today. Clayton Christensen painstakingly documented how one technology displaces another in his influential book, "The Innovator&
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Source: VFD.com Using data to change the way we grow Just outside Ahmedabad, inside a climate-controlled facility the size of a small industrial estate, a quiet transition in how food is produced is taking shape. This is part of the early phase of what Ahmedabad-based agritech company Brio Agri
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Source: HD.com Originally created within Paraguayan greenhouse company HidroBio before being structured as an independent startup, Froniva was not born as a theoretical software project but as a practical response to the commercialization challenges growers face every day when trying to sell highly perishable products in volatile markets. © Doberman84
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Source: VFD.com SIGA, Solution for Industrial Greenhouse Automation, is built on open industrial standards and is designed to help growers manage processes more efficiently, reduce energy use, and future-proof their production environments. "Climate control, lighting, and irrigation are critical in the greenhouse," says Rick Schneiders, Head of
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Source: HD.com The project, known as INSCAN Lite, seeks to address some of the practical challenges associated with deploying advanced plant phenotyping systems in research facilities. The partners aim to develop a plant analysis platform that can be integrated into a wide range of existing greenhouse and climate chamber
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Source: HD.com Today, the industry is increasingly focused on precision, automation and crop-specific optimization as growers look for new ways to improve yield, quality and operational efficiency. "Key trends shaping the industry include dynamic spectrum control, higher efficacy LEDs, AI-driven environmental integration and advanced light recipes tailored to
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Source: HD.com James Fleet, Bloemteknik, on the new Grüne Fee Eesti project “Light-use efficiency essential in regions with limited and variable natural light” Designed specifically for challenging Northern European conditions, the new Grüne Fee Eesti greenhouse integrates multiple climate, energy, and automation subsystems into a single, coordinated control loop.
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Source: HD.com Agricontrol by Termotecnica Pericoli launches X-3TRH One controller, three smart contacts, infinite configurations Agricontrol by Termotecnica Pericoli, with 45 years of experience in greenhouse climate control and agricultural automation, presents the X-3TRH: a digital thermostat/humidistat featuring three independent smart contacts, each individually programmable to manage temperature,
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Source: VFD.com The event will be held from 9 to 11 June at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre. Vision Stage On Tuesday, 9 June, from 10:15 to 11:00 AM, Annie van de Riet (AVAG) will moderate a session titled 'How Controlled Environment Agriculture helps feeding and
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Source: HD.com Alongside the launch of pilot projects with 4 major European growers this season, the industry's shift toward automation is rapidly accelerating. © inaho Europe Evolution of the 2026 model: Maximizing operational efficiency "We have pushed operational efficiency to the limit through a complete hardware and
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Source: VFD.com Innovation day highlights advanced automation and future pathways for Irish growers A Mushroom Innovation Day, hosted by Teagasc Horticulture Development Department, took place on Wednesday, 6 May at the Ashtown Research Centre in Dublin. It brought together growers, researchers, and technology providers to explore the future of
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Source: HD.com The company, which recently launched its Harvester robot for tomato greenhouses, believes fully autonomous operation is essential to solving the structural labour shortages facing protected horticulture. "Our ambition is getting to a fully automated greenhouse where crop work is done by robots, while human labour is