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How Brabant Plant grows more valuable data
Brabant Plant connected their climate computer to the 30MHz platform early 2020. This led to valuable benefits. Cultivation researcher Marvin Verkuijlen tells us about his experiences with the integration. “Now it’s easier to compare different compartments.” Brabant Plant is a Dutch family business that focuses on breeding young vegetable plants and pot plants. Apart from ...Read more
Growing cucumbers based on facts instead of assumptions
Drenthe Growers has been using Delphy’s Climate Profiler and Quality Monitoring System (QMS) since december 2019. They use these instruments to grow cucumbers based on facts. Green fingers are essential, but the grower is in need of extra certainty. This is a summarised translation of an article that appeared in Magazine DE Delphy. Peter Bergsma ...Read more
New apps and features: 30MHz keeps on building in 2021
This year has learned that it is a huge benefit to be able to share your data. Asking your consultants or colleagues questions and sharing insights from a distance during a global pandemic is easy to do on the 30MHz platform. We saw a huge rise in questions and comments about crops and data during ...Read more
30MHz: ‘New 2Grow app offers detailed plant insights to grow smarter’
Biotechnology company 2Grow and 30MHz have joined forces to develop smart data tools that provide growers, breeders and researchers with even more detailed insights into the health and needs of their plants. This year they developed a new application: 2Grow Plant Insights. The app will become available as of january 2021 on the 30MHz platform. ...Read more
Timo Spruijt is 30MHz’s new CCO: ‘Together with growers and partners we innovate’
Timo Spruijt is 30MHz’s new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Together with 30MHz Timo wants to take big steps in innovating agriculture and simplify digitalisation in the sector. “Growers and partners can use 30MHz to decide which information is valuable to their business.” Ever since he was young Timo Spruijt worked in agriculture. A sector that ...Read more
Three platform features that can be beneficial during winter time
As a grower you want to keep up with all the factors that can influence the climate in your greenhouse. There are multiple features within the 30MHz platform that can help you visualize valuable information during the winter. We’ve listed three features that can help you in the colder months. Weather forecast The days are ...Read more
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 programme. 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
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