How Hoffman Nursery Invests In Technology In Response To Increased Demand
September 30, 2016
The program is designed to prepare students to manage modern, high-tech greenhouses, with the ultimate goal of offering technically skilled individuals better opportunities in the greenhouse industry.
This Salinas, CA, orchid grower brings plants to its workers through automation that saves valuable time and takes full advantage of available growing space.
Svensson and Hoogendoorn have collaborated on a new screening software that allows full control over humidity transfer, light transmission, and energy savings.
The new, pre-scale commercial greenhouse facility at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre in Vineland Station, ON, will help accelerate the commercialization of innovative technologies and products coming out of research.
The potential applications of developing precision technologies for greenhouse production will change the way we grow in the near future, Traven says.
The Oberlin, OH-based operation provides its growers with the automation tools necessary to produce high-quality plants cost-effectively and sustainably.
The Harvest Automation HV-100 robot units use lasers and sensors to handle some of the most labor-intensive tasks in the greenhouse.
New developments in software technology allow growers to customize inventory, tracking, and labor performance into systems unique to their greenhouse operations.
Greenhouse Grower TECHNOLOGY presents the inaugural members of its Editorial Advisory Board, six pillars of knowledge about greenhouse automation and technology. Get to know each of these gentlemen and what they’ll help bring to each issue.
Capillary mats allow growers and retailers up to 70% water savings compared to time consuming hand watering.
The design of your greenhouse structure,
in terms of light transmission, can have a powerful
impact on your bottom-line profits.
The university’s new Horticulture Center has all the bells and whistles you would expect in a state-of-the-art greenhouse, plus the latest in LED lighting technology.
The hydroponic vegetable producer recently opened its third and fourth rooftop greenhouses, expanding to Chicago and Queens, NY. CEO Viraj Puri told us about some of the challenges and rewards of building greenhouses on rooftops.