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Source: VFD.com Saudi grower announces greenhouse expansion mega-project Saudi grower Dava Agricultural has announced the expansion of its controlled-environment production with two projects currently under development, including the Taif mega-project, which extends over 350 hectares of glass greenhouses. Wissam Abdul Samad, Deputy CEO of Dava Agricultural, states, "In
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Source: VFD.com Protected cropping industry comes together at HFF Conference 2026 Thanks! Protected cropping industry comes together at HFF Conference 2026 The 2026 Hydroponic Farmers Federation (HFF) Conference brought together growers, industry leaders and supply chain partners from across Australia for three days of connection, practical insights and discussion
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Source: HD.com Throughout the last lustrum, the company renewed almost 25 hectares of older greenhouses into high-tech, automated, modern facilities. © Floratom © Floratom Domestic and international sales Floratom currently operates 31 hectares in total and stands as one of the four major greenhouse operators in the country. The company expanded
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Source: HD.com Day 1 agenda released for the Leafy Hydroponics Summit 2026 Thanks! Hydroponic and controlled environment systems have become key tools in addressing these challenges, offering greater control over crop conditions and enabling year-round production closer to consumers. Success is no longer defined by individual technologies alone, but
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Source: VFD.com At the facilities of Infinite Acres, a Dutch‑American subsidiary of the vertical farming company 80 Acres Farms, agriculture becomes an engineering project: Biology, climate technology, automation, and data analytics all interlock. This is where SICK's Multi Physics Box MPB10 comes into play. The condition-monitoring
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Source: VFD.com WAN Awards 2026 Future Projects for desert growing project Thanks! A network of greenhouses and vertical farm systems, the complex produces 2,500 metric tons of food annually and shows how a building can operate as infrastructure and civic architecture. © Andre Kikoski Architecture "Thank you World
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Source: HD.com "Monitoring and control can be done from Korea" Korean smart farm technology drives hydroponic strawberry production in Uzbekistan A 1.5-hectare smart greenhouse dedicated to strawberry production has been launched in Uzbekistan's Yukorichirchik district, representing a targeted effort to modernise underutilised greenhouse assets.
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Source: HD.com Berry greenhouse in new Turkish greenhouse zone proposed Berry greenhouse in new Turkish greenhouse zone proposed A Turkish grower, Pure Harvest Tarim plans to expand in Türkiye. The Bafra Sera Organized Agriculture Zone is located in the Bafra Plain, an area nourished by the Kızılırmak River, and
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Source: VFD.com Currently, Firmmit is carrying out a smart farm modernization project covering 720 hectares (approximately 2.17 million pyeong) as part of a national project with the Uzbek government. According to Permit, the event, held from the 25th to the 27th at the AKIS (Agricultural Knowledge Information Service
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Source: HD.com Cucumber sho we d 4.5 times higher CO₂ emissions (2443 kg CO2 eq) and over 8 times more water demand (95.42 m3) than O. For the cucumber, the operational phase was dominated by diesel and electricity consumption, which influenced global warming (90.8%), ozone formation
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Source: HD.com I think this balance between innovation and continuity is the biggest challenge we face every day." © Marta del Moral Arroyo | HortiDaily.com Samuel Chavez, Victoire Thery, Carmen González, and Nematini Aguirre, Filclair, at Greentech Americas 2026 Growers managing Her appointment comes at a time when
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Source: HD.com New tomato facility in Al Ain designed to grow 150,000 kg tomatoes annually New tomato facility in Al Ain designed to grow 150,000 kg tomatoes annually A newly commissioned tomato facility in Al Ain shows the UAE's ongoing adoption of controlled-environment agriculture. Developed