Speaking of "agriculture", a series of words will appear in my mind, such as "rural" and "farmers," but they are far away from such words as "modern", "fine", and "technology". "Thirteenth The “Five" National Key R&D Program has also included “System Integration Technology and Application Demonstration for Health Care and Agriculture” as an important content. my country’s agricultural development has once again changed, and agriculture is full of countless opportunities. The continuous development of yaorong LED grow lighting also has a huge market space.
The application picture of LED grow lights in the agricultural field is slowly unfolding. How can yaorong LED grow lights embrace the new era of agriculture?
Demand for yaorong LED grow lights in the new era of agriculture
Vertical agriculture, urban agriculture and organic farms, etc., with the support of technology, "take ecological green agriculture, sightseeing and leisure agriculture, market foreign exchange earning agriculture, high-tech modern agriculture as the symbol, high-quality, high-efficiency and sustainable development of modern agriculture" The development trend is becoming more and more obvious. Compared with the past "facing the loess and back to the sky", agriculture is also striding into a new era.
"LED grow lights in agriculture will be ubiquitous, and all fields of modern agriculture are closely related to light," said Yang Qichang, a senior expert in the field of agriculture and a researcher at the Institute of Agricultural Environment and Sustainable Development of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The planting industry of modern agriculture ( For example, facility gardening, urban agriculture, open field production, plant protection and trapping, etc.), livestock and poultry breeding, aquaculture, and other (edible fungi, microalgae, etc.) all require artificial light sources to supplement light, so the role of LED grow lights will increase. Bigger.
According to data, the world’s only LED grow lights are expected to be around US$300 million in 2017. In terms of the scale of the Chinese agricultural market, the facility gardening area is 60 million mu, of which about 45 million mu need LED grow lights to supplement light; plants ( (Miao) factory above 1 million square meters, plant tissue culture 20 million square meters, edible fungi, microalgae and other lamps demand more than 500 million; therefore, the demand for LED grow lights in the agricultural market is still very large.
Compared with the high energy consumption, the light quality and intensity are difficult to control; the traditional plant lamp has a large gap between the spectrum and the photosynthetic demand of plants. LED grow lights can be combined, energy-saving, cold light source, good controllability, long life and other advantages.
LED grow lights have been used in facility planting fields (such as greenhouse light supplementation, plant artificial light production, urban agriculture), livestock and poultry breeding, aquatic products and fisheries, pest control, edible fungi, aerospace, and other agricultural fields. Applied.
Among them, LED grow lights replace traditional light sources such as high-pressure sodium lamps in greenhouse light supplement applications in the greenhouse system light supplement applications have entered the stage of research and development, pilot trials and promotion. Plant factories can intelligently control the light environment; the space utilization rate is further improved, and the number of cultivation layers is further increased (above 18 floors); and the advantages of high-quality vegetables are improved. my country's plant tissue culture has been applied on a large scale. Artificial light sources play an important role in the process of large-scale livestock and poultry breeding. LED plant factories enter the community and are getting closer and closer to people's lives.
Although the application of LED grow lights in the agricultural field has shown a trend of full intervention, its potential and prospects in the agricultural field are unquestionable, but in the face of specific markets, there is still a way to go before large-scale applications. At the technical research level, there are also challenges to market expansion business models.
Yang Qichang said that the agricultural application of LED grow lights is facing three challenges in terms of cost, technology and industry. First, the cost of artificial light LED grow lights has dropped significantly, and secondly, technical basic research is weak: lack of light formula research, unclear molecular mechanism, and mechanism research staying at the macro level.
"Basic research based on agricultural applications needs to be in-depth", Yang Qichang suggested one is to conduct research on light formulations for agricultural applications based on big data: for specific needs of agriculture (plants, animals (livestock, aquatic products), plant protection, fungi and algae, etc.), increase Basic research on photobiology, constructing a database of'light formula' for efficient production of animals and plants. The second is to carry out the research on the molecular mechanism of the impact of LED grow lights on animals and plants: explore the impact mechanism of LED (monochromatic light and its combination) on the molecular mechanism of animals and plants, and clarify the law of the effect of LED grow lights on agricultural organisms from the micro level. Light source research and development and intelligent control provide theoretical foundation guarantee. Strengthen the research and development of agricultural LED grow lights and key technologies for intelligent control, and the research and development of agricultural (plants, animals (livestock, aquatic products), plant protection, fungi and algae, etc.) LED grow lights based on light formula; aiming at the best light demand in agriculture The development of intelligent control technology for LED grow lighting environment, especially the research and development of intelligent control technology and equipment with energy saving as the core; the technological innovation of agricultural control cost of LED grow lighting (for agricultural needs, based on the principle of practicality), so that agricultural enterprises and farmers can Affordable.
Yang Qichang also said that agricultural applications also need policy support, and it is necessary to increase agricultural LED grow light application demonstration and industrial support, such as establishing a batch of large-scale comprehensive demonstration projects for the agricultural application of LED grow lights; supporting the growth of a batch of agriculture (plants, animals ( Livestock, aquatic products), plant protection, fungus and algae, etc.) dedicated LED grow light production enterprises; establish an effective agricultural LED grow light subsidy policy, so that agricultural light sources will be included in the agricultural machinery subsidy list as soon as possible; actively implement the strategy of going out, with the help of the "Belt and Road" The strategy is to expand the international market with a low-cost advantage.
The profitability of enterprises and the business model to achieve sustainable profitability are the pain points of the current LED agricultural lighting market expansion. Compared with many industries, agricultural products have not yet formed a very attractive marketing system and sales method, the introduction of brand and quality concepts is also insufficient, and there is also a lot of room for improvement in the management system such as input and output. "Under the background of the gradual improvement of the overall agricultural application environment, focusing on some new marketing models is good for market development." "Can the application of LED grow lights connect with smart agriculture?" "Small-scale distributed approach to consumers, yes One way to enter the market".
The advent of the Internet age has brought a change in thinking and concepts, and has also profoundly affected all walks of life. In the eyes of many LED companies, in addition to the improvement of technical level and product quality, some new ideas can also be introduced into LED plants. Exploring and practicing in light agricultural application.
Advantages of yaorong LED grow lights
1. Increase yield: The energy needed for plant growth comes from the photosynthesis of plants, and photosynthesis requires sunlight, and LED grow lights can supplement light to plants when the light is insufficient, and promote the accumulation of plant dry matter, thus achieving the purpose of increasing yield. .
2. Early market: LED grow lights can shorten the growth cycle of plants, promote the growth of plants, can make crops go on the market 7-15 days in advance, greatly increasing the economic income of users.
3. High luminous efficiency: 90% of the light emitted by LED grow lights can be absorbed by plants. Traditional plant lights such as high-pressure sodium lamps and metal halide lamps can only absorb 8-10% of the light during photosynthesis.
4. Low power consumption: LED grow lights consume very little power, so users do not have to worry about the cost of supplementary lights.
5. Long lifespan: LED grow lights have an extremely long lifespan, with an ultra-long lifespan of 50,000 hours, to ensure long-term safe and efficient operation of the product.
6. Environmental protection: LED grow lights are safe, environmentally friendly and do not contain toxic mercury. Our LED grow lights use 10%-30% more energy than traditional lights. Consuming less energy can reduce greenhouse gas emissions into our environment.
7. Spectrum customization：LED grow lights can cover dozens of monochromatic lights with wavelengths. And can realize monochromatic light composite spectrum or full-spectrum white light through monochromatic light excitation phosphor powder, and realize the spectrum customization of different plants.
8. Adjustable spectrum：The LED grow lights with different light colors can be controlled separately to achieve the function of adjustable spectrum. At present, the adjustable spectrum plant lights on the market are mainly used for scientific research, and the plant lights with adjustable light intensity have been widely used in production.
As an industry insider once said, the agricultural application of LED grow lights is not a channel for making quick money. The agricultural application of LED grow lights is actually more complicated than general lighting. It is necessary to sort out different market segments and require standards, regulations, policies, and technology. Wait for the cooperation of each chain.
Yaorong Technology is one of the few companies in China that specializes in high-end LED grow light products. It can independently develop and customize the spectrum required for the growth of a variety of plants. The wholesale customized styles of led plant lights are also relatively new. From the beginning of 2010 to the present, 11 years of precipitation is enough to ensure the quality of the products.
