Structures & Equipment

Grower Success Stories: Flowers and forward thinking at Newton Greenhouse

In 1970, Tom and Nora McElroy bought 14 acres of land in Newton, New Hampshire, and put up a very large, old glass greenhouse. Newton Greenhouse was opened a year later. Having studied horticulture at... more »

Real-world ROI of greenhouse automation

Automation can decrease labor and costs, and increase productivity and profit throughout your business. Starting with small changes can turn into big improvements. Let’s take a look at what some growers are using in their... more »

Rimol Greenhouse Systems adds special projects manager

Rimol Greenhouse Systems has expanded its sales team with the addition of Bill Rowohlt as special projects manager. Rowohlt brings more than 30 years of experience in the greenhouse industry to the role. He has... more »

Hort Americas offers early access to Dose1.0 fertigation system

Hort Americas has announced early access to the Voeks Dose1.0, a fertigation system designed to streamline irrigation and nutrient delivery for commercial growers. The Dose1.0 system is built to simplify operations by managing when, where... more »

WPS expands automation in North American greenhouses

WPS, a horticultural automation company based in the Netherlands, has secured two major contracts aimed at advancing plant production and research systems in North America and Europe. Spring Meadow Nursery in Michigan will be the... more »

New gutter system helps small growers expand strawberries

A new Canadian-made strawberry growing system is helping small-scale growers meet the demand for local produce. The A.M.A. Strawberry Growing System, developed by A.M.A. Horticulture Inc. and Growtec, is a professional-grade gutter system designed for smaller... more »

GrowSpan opens Venlo greenhouse in Iowa

GrowSpan Greenhouse Structures will celebrate the grand opening of its new Venlo greenhouse with a ribbon-cutting event April 3 from noon to 3 p.m. at its Dyersville campus. The event will feature a formal ribbon-cutting... 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 »

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 »

Dramm begins construction of solar field in Wisconsin

Dramm Corp. has begun construction on a 10,000-square-foot solar field at its Fish Fertilizer Facility in Algoma, Wisconsin. The $120,000 project is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Fertilizer Production Expansion... more »