Technology

Finka adopts AI to enhance tomato greenhouse operations

Finka, a greenhouse tomato grower in Querétaro, Mexico, has partnered with Source.ag to integrate artificial intelligence into its operations. The company will use Source.ag’s technology to enhance data collection, refine crop management and improve profitability.... more »

Duets: Small grower automation and robotics from a young, fresh perspective

My guest for this column is Maximilian Knight, CEO of Rooted Robotics based in Boulder, Colorado. Max earned an environmental engineering degree from the University of Colorado in 2017. Following graduation, he started an environmental... more »

Paper Pot 2.0 boosts automation and plant health

The Paper Pot 2.0 Machine from Air Tray Technologies by Blackmore is designed to optimize plant health and automate greenhouse operations with a capacity of up to 1,200 pots or 300 trays per hour. It... more »

AdeptAg partners with FGM to distribute moving gutter systems

AdeptAg has partnered with Denmark-based FGM to become the exclusive North American distributor of its moving gutter systems (MGS), a technology designed to improve efficiency in controlled environment agriculture. Moving gutter... more »

Source.ag partners with Sigrow to enhance greenhouse data

Source.ag has partnered with Sigrow to improve greenhouse growers' access to real-time climate data. Sigrow provides wireless sensors for precise microclimate monitoring, which will now integrate seamlessly with Source.ag’s AI platform. The partnership allows growers... more »

Grower profile: North Carolina Farms

Mitchell Donahue may have started North Carolina Farms as a hobby business selling ferns out of a homemade greenhouse, but now it’s blossomed into an unstoppable force selling wholesale plant starters to greenhouses and garden... more »

Taking control of technology

As growers, we all yearn to cultivate healthy plants. With so many technologies available, it’s easier than ever to achieve. Today’s systems also enable growers to monitor and adjust settings in real-time through user-friendly interfaces... more »

Technically speaking: Getting the most out of energy and shade curtains

Retractable energy and shade curtains offer potential advantages when producing crops inside greenhouses. In the summer, a curtain system can limit the greenhouse temperature rise by decreasing the solar load, which also decreases plant water... more »

Canadian grower partners with source.ag

Source.ag announced that Jack’s Organics, part of the Hazel Farms Group, has become its customer. The Ontario tomato grower will use Source.ag’s AI solutions to streamline data collection, improve transparency and support operational scalability in... more »

Michigan program helps farmer overcome barriers

Michigan State University's Southwest Michigan Research and Extension Center (SWMREC) welcomed Cade Krieger, a wheelchair user with a passion for agriculture, to its team in 2024, thanks to collaboration with AgrAbility and adaptive technologies. Krieger,... more »