As the use of LEDs has risen among greenhouse growers, so have concerns about the best way to measure and compare the many LED light products across the market. As a result, the lighting industry is responding to a call for greater transparency and the development of standardized measuring and testing methods.

These new options in equipment, automation, structures, lighting and
software are designed to help growers run their operations with efficiency
and accuracy and at a lower cost.

My dad’s hands are covered with sores, nicks, scratches and bruises. It’s the ongoing reward — or drawback […]

Keepsake Plants reduced labor for trimming Hydrangeas from 60 people to 28 by automating the process with AgriNomix Venti Trimmers.

When accuracy counts, the right tool makes all the difference. New products from Dramm put tools in growers hands to get the job done efficiently.

The Michigan-based nursery uses automation to cut apart trays of immature plants and regroups them into new trays of similar-sized plants.

  Michigan State University Extension is now offering a non-credit, pre-recorded online course on greenhouse and horticultural lighting. […]

Researchers determine how sole-source LED lighting can be used effectively for the production of bedding plant seedlings.

Visser North America (NA) will now be the official North American supplier for sales, service and parts provider of […]

Costa Farms is seeking to make sustainability a top priority at its headquarters and two other buildings in Miami with the recent construction of new solar panels, which will replace 25 percent of the company’s power usage with solar energy.

Necessity is the mother of invention, and that’s certainly true for Golden State Bulb Growers. The Moss Landing, […]

In Part 3 of a four-part lighting series highlighting the multiple uses of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), researchers examine the effects of sole-source LED lighting on microgreen production to achieve the highest quality crop possible in an energy efficient manner.

Do you find that your purple fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’) crop is often green to light purple? […]