Greenhouse climate control
Farm Worker · Produce Picker
“Greenhouse climate control” (Farm Worker) was largely replaced by AI in 2025, after AI entered in 2016.
AI enters
2016
Largely replaced
2025
Replacement progress
100%
Technology / key factor
Smart greenhouse controls
What this task is
Greenhouse growers adjust temperature, humidity, light, ventilation and irrigation to suit each crop, which used to mean frequent walking rounds and switching vents, heaters and pumps on and off by hand.
How AI replaces it
From 2016, smart greenhouse control systems began using sensors to track conditions and automatically run shades, fans, grow lights and fertigation. By 2025, most climate control is automated.
What stays human
Growers set targets for each crop stage, respond to extreme weather and equipment failures, and keep refining their growing strategy based on yield and quality data.