Blue Radix has won the AgTech Breakthrough award for Indoor Farming/Nursery Automation Solution of the year 2025 with its Crop Controller for Autonomous Climate and Irrigation Control. AgTech Breakthrough is a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes top companies, technologies and products in the global agricultural and food technology markets.

“We’re very happy and proud to be recognized by the AgTech Breakthrough Awards for our innovative AI-technology that empowers greenhouse growers with smarter, more efficient operations”, said Ronald Hoek, co-founder and CEO of Blue Radix. “The need for smart, efficient systems in greenhouse operations has never been greater. Greenhouse growing is becoming increasingly complex, due to reduced crop expertise, climate challenges, sustainability demands, and rising efficiency expectations. Receiving recognition for the positive impact we're making in the lives of growers worldwide is very meaningful and reinforces our commitment to driving lasting change in the horticulture industry.”

Full decision automation

“With Autonomous Climate and Irrigation Control powered by Crop Controller, we make greenhouse operations more efficient, profitable, and scalable, creating high-performing greenhouses,” Hoek explains. “Crop Controller is a proven and trusted AI solution at more than 100 commercial vegetable production locations worldwide. It operates in every climate zone, saving 80 per cent of manual climate computer work. With reliable three-day-ahead predictions, growers gain deeper insights, trust and enhanced predictability. This precise way of steering climate and irrigation greenhouse installations via full decision automation helps growers to manage up to four times more hectares, reduce energy use by 13–18 per cent and water use by 10 per cent, and improve profitability. The system continuously analyses greenhouse data to optimize operations, increase yields, and takes action by steering the climate computer, following the grower’s strategy. This is freeing up time for strategic decisions, labour and crop management and improves the growers’ work-life balance. AI isn’t replacing growers; it’s helping them 24/7.”
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Source: Blue Radix August 25, 2025 news release