- 30+ Years of Experience
- 21 Patents Granted
- Serving 55+ Countries
- Trusted by 1300+ Clients
The hum of machinery was the soundtrack to my childhood, and my father, its conductor.
Wind, frost, rain, and sun nourish everything that grows, but sometimes they can also cause harm. “How can we better protect them?” I found the answer to this question in my childhood.
I often saw my father working with his beloved machines in his factory.
At that moment, I felt a sense of wonder and pride. Today, I have taken over my father’s business, continuing this legacy of protection. That early understanding still shapes how I evaluate netting systems — not by how they look in catalogs, but by how they perform in the field, season after season.
I am fully dedicated to advancing crop protection technology, and to working alongside every grower with more advanced, eco-friendly solutions.
- Microclimate Control
By precisely regulating shade and ventilation, we build a comprehensive crop protection system. It actively defends against harsh conditions like hail and high winds, ensuring a stable environment for optimal growth
- Enhancing Crop Quality
A stable microclimate allows crops to devote more energy to fruit development. Unique diffused light technology boosts overall photosynthesis for better sugar content and flavor.
- Photo-selective Tech
This is a cutting-edge technology. Our colored Agrotextiles selectively filter the light spectrum, sending specific growth signals to plants to stimulate flowering, enhance color, or delay harvest.
View the full list of 21 patents
Utility models and the invention patent are verifiable on Google Patents; the two design patents are indexed at CNIPA.
The best solutions are born from collaboration. Tell me about your land, your crop, and the problem that keeps coming back — and I will come back with a protection strategy built for exactly that.
“The more I share, the more I grow.” I firmly believe this.
Here, I’ll share what I’ve learned to help you better understand and use agrotextiles.
- Comparison Guide
- Guide
- Read Time: Approx. 7 min
- UV Degradation
HALS scavenges the radicals UV creates and is the backbone of almost every net we make. UV absorbers suit thicker, pigmented goods. Carbon black is the most durable of all — unpigmented polyethylene lasts about 9 months outdoors, a carbon-black grade over 25 — but only where black is acceptable.
I once had a buyer insist a black net “lasts longer because it’s black.” He was half right. You can’t borrow carbon black’s durability for a coloured net. This guide compares all three with real numbers, then gives you a decision framework you can apply straight to a quote.
— Kevin Lyu, EyouAgro
- Comparison Guide
- Guide
- Read Time: Approx. 6 min
- UV Degradation
UV protection has a ceiling, and yarn weight (GSM) sets it. A thin, low-GSM net has too much surface for too little material — it degrades faster than any stabilizer can protect, no matter how much HALS you load in. I’ve watched “same UV grade” nets at half the grams tear open in their second season.
This guide covers why GSM caps UV life, how to compare grams per m² instead of just price per m², and the two-number rule we give every serious buyer.
— Kevin Lyu, EyouAgro
- Comparison Guide
- Guide
- Read Time: Approx. 7 min
- UV Degradation
Recycled HDPE carries impurities, catalyst residue and already-broken polymer chains. Those chains soak up UV stabilizer before the sun does its damage, and they seed the cracks that show up in year two. Same label, half the field life.
This guide covers how recycled resin drains stabilizer, how to tell virgin from regrind before you order, and why we run 100% virgin HDPE on every line.
— Kevin Lyu, EyouAgro
- Buyer’s Guide
- Guide
- Read Time: Approx. 8 min
- UV Degradation
A net spends its life in a specific way: under glass, in full sun, up for one season or for a decade. That pattern decides how much UV protection it actually needs. The mistake I see most is treating “UV-stabilized” as one thing — a grower stretches insect netting rated for a covered house over an open field, or assumes a shade-cloth assurance covers his new vineyard net.
The sun doesn’t read the product category; it reads exposure and time. This guide maps the real UV requirement for hail, shade, insect and vineyard nets, and shows how to turn your region and product into one spec.
— Kevin Lyu, EyouAgro
- Buyer’s Guide
- Blog
- Read Time: Approx. 14 min
- Sunburn & Heat Stress
Greenhouse shade cloth from China sounds simple until you realise it covers five completely different products. The buyer who orders ‘50% reflective shade cloth’ when they need an energy-saving screen with 50% light transmission will receive a product that performs differently in winter — and costs differently too. Before comparing factories, resolve the product question: are you managing heat, light, energy, or photoperiod? The answer determines which factory can actually help you. — Kevin Lyu, EyouAgro
- Buyer’s Guide
- Blog
- Read Time: Approx. 15 min
- Hail Protection
- Beginner's Guide
- Blog
- Read Time: Approx. 14 min
- Sunburn & Heat Stress
For a Naivasha flower farm needing shade cloth this week, Greenspan Africa or Amiran Kenya hold local stock and deliver fast. For a Kiambu vegetable exporter planning 3 months ahead, direct import economics are worth calculating — most local Kenyan distributors source from Chinese manufacturers anyway, and you can remove that margin.
The right choice depends on your timeline and volume.
— Kevin Lyu, EyouAgro
- Beginner's Guide
- Blog
- Read Time: Approx. 15 min
- Sunburn & Heat Stress
A Western Cape apple farmer needs RedAnt in Ceres — they know local conditions. A commercial buyer across multiple provinces needs Knittex or Alnet’s scale. Most other local suppliers source from Chinese manufacturers and add a markup. For 20,000+ sqm with 3 months lead time, that margin is worth calculating directly.
The right supplier depends on your volume and timeline.
— Kevin Lyu, EyouAgro
- Beginner's Guide
- Blog
- Read Time: Approx. 9 min
- Insect Prevention
- How-to Article
- Guide
- Read Time: Approx. 8 min
- UV Degradation
Two nets can both say “UV-stabilized HDPE” on the quote and differ by years of real life. After years on the manufacturing side, I can tell you the way to cut through it is documentary, not visual: the resin spec, a current accelerated UV report, and a batch number that ties that report to the goods you actually receive.
The trap I’ve watched catch the most buyers is the silent spec drop — a genuinely good sample lot, then a bulk order quietly built lighter. This guide is the exact checklist I’d use if I were the buyer, plus the red flags and a version you can write straight into a tender.
— Kevin Lyu, EyouAgro
- How-to Article
- Blog
- Read Time: Approx. 13 min
- Hail Protection
In my years selling hail netting, I’ve watched growers treat this as either/or — net or insurance. That framing is the mistake.
Counterintuitive part: in a mild season, insurance can out-earn a black net on paper. A Spanish trial showed exactly that. So why do I still tell high-value growers to net first?
Because insurance pays market average, weeks late, and never replaces the export premium. A net at $500–750/ha/year protects the fruit itself.
— Kevin Lyu, EyouAgro
- How-to Article
- Academy
- Read Time: Approx. 10 min
- Bird Control
In New Zealand and Chilean vineyards I supply netting to, I’ve seen 2.5mm high-tensile galvanised wire on treated Pinus posts hold for 15+ years — but only where end posts were set with diagonal strut anchoring at 45°. Without that, even 3mm wire pulls the row inward within two or three seasons as vine weight builds.
Spend 30% of your trellis budget on end posts and anchoring. The middle posts are just spacers.
— Kevin Lyu, EyouAgro
- Installation Guide
- Guide
- Read Time: Approx. 8 min
- Sunburn & Heat Stress
- How-to Article, Installation Guide
- Guide
- Read Time: Approx. 8 min
- Bird Control
In real vineyard operations, installing too early can interfere with spray programs, airflow, and canopy management, while installing too late exposes fruit to bird pressure, sunburn, and weather risks right when damage is hardest to reverse.
— Kevin Lyu, EyouAgro
- Installation Guide
- Guide
- Read Time: Approx. 4 min
- Sunburn & Heat Stress
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Kevin Lyu is an agricultural netting specialist and founder of EyouAgro.
He has worked with vineyard, orchard, and greenhouse projects across 55+ countries,
focusing on practical installation, durability, and long-term performance of agricultural protection systems.
