Agricultural Cold Rooms for Farms, Packhouses & Seed Storage
Cold rooms are scoped from crop biology, peak harvest intake and holding days — then engineered as a refrigeration package. SeedMatchGroup defines the agricultural requirement; ColdMatch Group handles the equipment procurement.
Who supplies agricultural cold rooms through SeedMatchGroup?
SeedMatchGroup scopes the agricultural requirement — crop, peak harvest volume, packing throughput, holding days and site conditions — and refers the refrigeration equipment package to ColdMatch Group, the cold chain platform in the Global B2B Group ecosystem. You submit one brief and keep one coordinated project.
- Cold rooms are sized on peak daily intake x holding days, not annual tonnage
- Pre-cooling load and holding load are calculated separately
- Storage temperature is crop-specific: 0-2C leafy, 4-10C potato/onion, 12-13C+ tropical
- Refrigeration capacity and ambient design temperature drive cost more than floor area
- Commercial project briefs start at USD 250K total project value
Where the handoff happens
SeedMatchGroup owns the agricultural and post-harvest scope. Refrigeration equipment, cold room construction and cold chain logistics are referred to ColdMatch Group.
Specialist B2B platform for cold rooms, industrial refrigeration and cold chain infrastructure — takes the equipment package from here.
Pre-cooling methods, field heat removal and how cooling ties into the packing line.
Planning centre for post-harvest facilities and packing throughput.
Post-harvest, storage, utilities and site-level project scoping.
What SeedMatchGroup needs before the referral
A refrigeration brief only prices accurately once the agricultural inputs are fixed. These are the fields collected before the package moves to ColdMatch Group.
Single crop or mixed storage, and whether chilling-sensitive produce is involved.
Tonnes per day at harvest peak — the number that sets room volume and pull-down capacity.
Staging only, medium-term storage or full-season storage with controlled atmosphere.
Ambient design temperature, power reliability, floor and civil works, access for installation.
Indicative storage conditions by crop group
Planning values used to set room count and refrigeration duty. Confirm against the destination market and variety before final design.
| Crop group | Typical temperature | Relative humidity | Storage note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leafy greens, herbs | 0–2 °C | 95–98% | Fast field-heat removal; vacuum cooling common |
| Berries, soft fruit | 0–1 °C | 90–95% | Forced-air pre-cooling within hours of harvest |
| Apples, pears | 0–1 °C | 90–95% | Controlled atmosphere for long-season storage |
| Potatoes | 4–8 °C | 90–95% | Curing phase first; light exclusion essential |
| Onions, garlic | 0–4 °C or ambient dry | 65–70% | Dry storage; humidity control is the critical variable |
| Tomatoes, tropical fruit | 12–13 °C+ | 85–90% | Chilling injury below threshold — never mix with 0 °C rooms |
| Seed and planting material | 5–15 °C | 30–50% | Low humidity governs; dehumidification often exceeds cooling duty |
Planning ranges for scoping only — not a substitute for crop-specific agronomic or engineering advice.
Procurement questions buyers ask next
- New to the process? Start with what agricultural procurement means, step by step and the documents each stage requires.
- For turnkey awards, learn how to qualify and compare EPC contractors before shortlisting.
- Plant-scale works have their own scope split — see agricultural processing plant EPC contracts for the standard deliverables.
- Sourcing planting material? Request agricultural seed samples for local variety trials before committing to a commercial order.
- Importing equipment or seed? Check the country import and compliance guides for required documents, inspections and realistic clearance timelines.
Frequently asked questions
Move agricultural cold rooms for farms, packhouses & seed storage into a structured RFQ
Editorial · not a sales pitchThis page is reference material. When you are ready to convert planning into pricing, a structured RFQ replaces weeks of unstructured email with days of comparable, supplier-neutral offers.
The facts a complete, supplier-neutral request on this topic includes. Use it as a checklist before submitting.
- Peak daily intake (t/day) and required holding capacity (t or pallets)
- Product mix, target storage temperature and relative humidity
- Pre-cooling method needed: forced-air, hydro, vacuum or room cooling
- Packhouse lines required: reception, grading, sizing, packing, palletising
- Building status: new build, retrofit or equipment-only
- Power supply, ambient design conditions and energy cost
- Export markets, certification and traceability requirements
- Building layout or footprint dimensions
- Harvest calendar with weekly volumes
Opens the RFQ Builder scoped as a post-harvest package; refrigeration equipment is handed to ColdMatch Group within the same brief. You stay in control — nothing is submitted until you review and confirm.
Refrigeration plant and cold-room equipment is procured through ColdMatch Group in the same ecosystem — we coordinate the handoff for you.
Free to submit · supplier-neutral · reviewed by a specialist before any supplier is contacted.
What to do next
Most organizations move through these four steps in order. Each one can be started independently, and nothing is shared with suppliers until you approve the scope.
Turn your project scope into one supplier-neutral request qualified manufacturers can price consistently.
Site, water, energy, permits and documentation — the readiness work lenders and EPC contractors expect before quoting.
Debt, leasing, blended and export-credit structures for commercial agriculture CAPEX, assessed alongside the technical scope.
Supplier-neutral guidance on greenhouses, CEA, irrigation, nurseries, packing houses and project finance.
How this guidance is produced
We do not manufacture equipment and do not represent a fixed vendor list. Guidance reflects the project, not a catalogue.
Content is prepared and reviewed by sourcing specialists working on live commercial agriculture projects, supported by proprietary technology.
Practice drawn from greenhouse, CEA, irrigation, nursery, packing-house and processing projects across multiple climates and regulatory environments.
Project details stay private. Nothing is published, listed or shared with suppliers without your approval.
Editorial approach and company background: About SeedMatch Group.
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Send a quick message with your project type, crop and country. A sourcing specialist will reply within one business day and help you build a structured RFQ.
Scope an agricultural cold room
Share crop, peak intake and holding days. SeedMatchGroup scopes the agricultural requirement and refers the refrigeration package to ColdMatch Group.