Farmers are predicting a Canadian super house will be a game changer for Australian horticulture, giving growers control over the weather on a scale and at a cost they have never had before.
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| Farmers say the cost of the house is a "necessary investment". |
The house has climate-controlled retractable roof panels and walls which shield vulnerable crops from volatile and destructive weather, or open them up to sun and rain.
Bundaberg agronomist Jack Millbank said crop protection could now be measured in hectares rather than square metres, with the houses providing glass house type protection at nearly half the price.
"I think this is going to be a watershed in the high-value horticultural market, in that suddenly this is not a cost, it's a necessary investment," he said.
Read Pip Courtney’s story on the ABC - “Farmers plant paddocks in smart houses to safeguard against climate change.”
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