Production
Current and Future State of the Growing Media Industry
November 6, 2022
The new CEA Alliance will continue its support of food safety standards for indoor-grown produce, but will also focus on public policy advocacy, sustainability, and addressing consumer needs.
Understanding the details of humidity can help growers avoid creating conditions that cause unnecessary condensation dripping onto or forming on crops.
Sun Gro, a North American manufacturer and distributor of growing media products, has finalized a deal to acquire coir supplier Pelemix Mexico and Pelemix USA.
One grower in Northeast Florida is thinking more than ever about ways to better adapt indoor farming structures in the face of extreme weather events.
Urban Crop Solutions is partnering to set up a research center on indoor farming applications that will focus on the impact of climate change as a driver of the shift to indoor production.
BASF received California registration for Avelyo fungicide, a broad-spectrum disease control solution for greenhouse and nursery growers.
Eteros recently won a court case in favor of excluding “marijuana-related drug paraphernalia” pursuant to the authorization exemption of the Controlled Substances Act.
This past summer, two leading U.S. ornamental operations became the first North American adopters of MPS’s new HortiFootprint Calculator.
From crop protection to mechanization to pollinator preservation, learn how research supported by the Horticultural Research Institute is shaping the future of the industry.
A recent review of current information on water and energy use in controlled-environment horticulture shows there is still much to learn, but also much to gain.
The Water Circularity Working Group plans to identify strategies that all growers, regardless of size, can follow to reduce water waste and improve water quality.
Installing irrigation systems designed to efficiently apply water to the plant, evenly and specifically, can reduce labor greatly while keeping plant growth healthy and even.
Thanks to a $3.77 million USDA grant, The Ohio State University will spearhead a four-year study in collaboration with three other leading ag universities, along with technology provider Koidra.