Automated herb production delivering consistent premium output
Crop Urbanis overhauled automation, fertigation and harvesting workflows for a large herb vertical farm, cutting manual handling and supporting expansion into new retail contracts.
A Moscow-region herb producer needed to increase capacity without sacrificing quality or increasing labour costs. Crop Urbanis assessed automation gaps, optimised fertigation and introduced semi-automated harvesting to scale output.
Challenges & approach
Existing automation left bottlenecks during harvesting and post-harvest handling.
Climate variability caused essential oil content fluctuations in premium herbs.
Labour team needed bilingual SOPs and training to operate upgraded systems.
Our contribution
Specified automation upgrades (conveyors, sensors, PLC logic) and supervised installation.
Rebalanced fertigation cycles, lighting recipes and climate control to stabilise essential oil profiles.
