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Using crop level data to optimise IPM strategy
Ant Surrage works as a Technical Development Specialist for Fargro. In this article he explains how collecting and visualising crop level and crop walk data can be helpful with the optimisation of an IPM program. Integrated pest management (IPM) is now becoming a mainstay of crop protection. However, although our pest management practices are integrated ...Read more
Break the state of winter recess with the Chill Unit widget
Chill Units (CU) are generally used for fruit trees and flower bulbs. Fruit-bearing trees need a period of cold weather after which a fruit-bearing tree will blossom. Andreas Lypas, propagation manager at Castleton Fruit, explains how he uses chilling units to prepare for winter. Chilling requirement is the number of effective chilling hours needed to ...Read more
How a flower grower uses data to improve the cultivation process
Using sensors to measure the temperature of the leaf or check if you marked the dew point right. Growers can use 30MHz technology to improve their cultivation process at a high precision level. Nico Plasmeijer, Cultivation Specialist at BB Plant in Bleiswijk, uses the data platform on a daily basis and explains how he utilises ...Read more
5 best practices voor digitale tuinbouw in 2020
In het afgelopen decennium heeft de wereld een behoorlijke digitale transformatie doorgemaakt. En deze trend zet stevig door met de toenemende innovaties in alle sectoren, waaronder de tuinbouwsector. We geloven echter dat er op het gebied van digitale tuinbouw nog veel onbenutte mogelijkheden zijn. Wat is digital tuinbouw en waar begin je? We hebben 5 ...Read more
Dutch horticulture gets big compliment from David Attenborough
David Attenborough’s new film ‘A Life On Our Planet’ (that feels like his final tribute) just released on Netflix. In his film, he gives a big compliment to the Netherlands and the Dutch horticulture sector in particular. “Dutch farmers have become experts in getting the most out of every hectare. Increasingly, they’re doing so sustainably,” ...Read more
Next steps in digitisation for Delphy
Data platform supplier 30MHz and research and consultancy company Delphy have entered into a partnership. In addition, Delphy uses the data platform as an analysis tool among its consultants and researchers while at the same time co-developing cultivation-related applications. These in turn will be available to all users of the platform in an app store-like ...Read more
Did you already add these ten horticulture influencers to your feed?
The world has changed completely in recent months. And especially the way in which people communicate with each other. It has been almost completely digitised, and that has a major impact on daily life. Online (social) media are more than ever the place to start a conversation. For example, to catch up on the latest ...Read more
The (r)evolution of digital horticulture
Technology and the greenhouse. In 2020 it’s an inseparable whole, but of course, that has not always been the case. To understand how horticulture in the Netherlands has been able to conquer such an incredibly strong position in the world market, it is good to understand its history. And what role does digitisation play in ...Read more
Webinar: how O2 and photosynthesis influence your cultivation
In this webinar, Aryan Aziezie will bring you up to speed on the Sendot sensor portfolio and the insights their optical sensor technology provides. Sendot has seen some significant results when it comes to capturing O2 and photosynthesis data. Resulting in more efficiency improved production numbers and better allocation of resources. Aziezie will also show ...Read more
From scale-up to full-fledged company
30MHz has grown considerably in recent years. We have become a stable and reliable player in the horticultural sector. As a small start-up, we built the first foundations of our current data platform in 2015. Such as the cloud structures needed to store large amounts of crop data and make them available for analysis. Even ...Read more