AmplifiedAg builds University of Georgia research containers around trial flexibility
Container layout built around trial flexibility
The University of Georgia (UGA) has added AmplifiedAg container farms to its Griffin Campus, giving its CEA researchers indoor space for plant breeding and entomology work. The units join a new high-tech greenhouse on the same campus.
"Much of the underlying technology is familiar to us, but the way it is put together is specific to how UGA intends to use it. That is a big part of our work: understanding the application and making the equipment fit," says Matt Daniels, Chief Engineer at AmplifiedAg.
UGA's requirements called for separating plant groups, controlling irrigation and nutrients, and keeping plants accessible, with flexibility for different types of trials, and that shaped the layout from the beginning. The main difference from a standard AmplifiedAg container farm is how the growing space and irrigation systems are configured.
AmplifiedAg built the research containers with insect screening to partition growing areas and separate nutrient and irrigation circuits, so designated areas run without sharing a nutrient solution. The growing surfaces combine NFT channels and flood-and-drain trays to accommodate a wide variety of cultivars, which gives the UGA team more options for the plants and trials they can work with. "Even something as straightforward as the spacing between growing levels needed input from the research team. There has to be enough room for the crop, but also for someone to get in there, observe it, and work with it," says Matt.
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8 Oct 2026