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NDVI Vs. False-NDVI - What's Better for Analyzing Crop Health?

01/04/18, 08:42 AM | Lighting | NDVI | Botlink

The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (or NDVI) has been used for the past 40 years as the go-to method of assessing plant health. As you may know, healthy plants reflect light differently than unhealthy ones.

Zest Labs Joins the Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology

01/04/18, 05:44 AM | Lighting, Supply Chain

Company Continues to Invest in Collaboration with Growers to Solve Industry Challenges

Weather Forecasting: How Does It Work, And How Reliable Is It?

01/02/18, 09:02 AM | Lighting | Analysis and Trends | Iteris, Inc.

Hopefully, as confidence grows in our ability to forecast weather and soil conditions, much value will be extracted for more efficient operations, higher yields, and better environmental stewardship.

How do Drones Help Farmers?

12/28/17, 06:17 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | drones, uav | Len Calderone - Contributing Author

2017 - Most Popular Article - How do drones help farmers? They increase yields, save time, increase return on investment, are easy to use, crop health imaging, water efficiency and other environmental benefits. Look to the sky.

Former cannabis activist's agtech ideas are game-changers

12/27/17, 07:19 AM | Lighting, Supply Chain | AgTech

Brian Blum for Israel21c: Roots Sustainable Agricultural Technologies has one technology to stabilize plant root temps and another to irrigate farms with dew condensation.

Second Generation Growlink Environment Controllers Introduce New Remote Sensor Module with Additional Light and VPD Readings

12/26/17, 09:23 AM | Lighting | Sensors and Circuits

All three models include the new Wireless ESM1 Environment Sensor Module, a shielded device designed to hang in the canopy that measures temperature, humidity, VPD, light and CO2.

AR Systems Develops New Automation and Control Systems for Indoor Agriculture Industry

12/21/17, 09:17 AM | Lighting, Supply Chain

System provides comprehensive control for automated farms, one of the fastest growing segments in AgTech

Grow Pod Solutions Introduces Automated Farming to the Investor Community

12/21/17, 05:37 AM | Lighting, Supply Chain | Containers, Investing

Grow Pod Solutions has developed the world's most advanced growing pods. Their container farms are fully automated, and feature innovations such as greenhouse control software, Bipolar Ionization, automatic dosing, fertigation scheduling and full-time surveillance.

Six questions to ask when developing a weed control program

12/21/17, 05:36 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting

Consider these crop management tips from Bayer to maximize 2018 corn yield

Vertical Farming & the City

12/19/17, 09:21 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | vertical farming

Vertical farms integrated into urban environments do not only decrease the pressure of cities on rural areas, but they will provide sustainable local solutions to a large variety of issues such as urban wastewater management and valorization of urban solid organic waste.

Ecolab Partners With Cargill and Techstars to Launch Farm to Fork Accelerator in the Twin Cities

12/19/17, 05:51 AM | Lighting, Supply Chain

As the farm-to-fork movement gains traction around the world, consumers are seeking more local, fresh and organic foods, and expecting increased transparency around the food supply chain and food safety.

Farmers bank on solar power to stave off European water crisis

12/18/17, 05:33 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | irrigation, solar

Steve Gillman for Horizon: Rising populations and climate change are putting pressure on the water needed for agriculture but a solar-powered irrigation system may reduce the amount that farmers use - while simultaneously slashing the sectors greenhouse gas emissions.

Bay Area aerial imaging startup teams up to detect disease in crops before outbreaks

12/15/17, 05:39 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | AgTech, drones, Software and Smarts, Technology Discussions

Seung Lee for The Mercury News: An Oakland-based startup is sending its aerial imaging technology to the Midwestern plains to help farmers detect pests and diseases in their corn and soybean fields before an outbreak.

Sentera and AgDNA Announce Ag Data Integration via the John Deere Operations Center

12/14/17, 11:41 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | Sentera

The Operations Center facilitates seamless integration of data between Sentera and AgDNA products

Sentera Announces New Pricing and Features for 2018

12/14/17, 11:40 AM | Indoor & Vertical Farming, Lighting | Sentera

Take advantage of a limited time offer for an additional $200 off solution when ordered this year

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