A sensor gives you something that is difficult to get by simply looking at the crop: a view below the surface. It can show ...

At the end of the last post, I wrote, "From here on, you will hit a wall you didn't expect." However, before I get into the ...

For generations, deciding when to water a field came down to habit. Farmers followed the calendar, watched the crop, squeezed ...

What this system can do and who it is forI started building this system after consulting with AI about whether I could see ...

Soil moisture monitoring is an important part of many plant-monitoring and automatic irrigation systems. A soil moisture sensor allows a controller such as Arduino to determine how much moisture is ...

Measure soil moisture and surface wetness with an Arduino library featuring pulsed excitation, anti-corrosion control, sensor diagnostics, and data logging.

Precision Planting trials are testing whether InteliGel can store moisture during wet periods and release it as soils dry. Adrienne Held is the Executive Agronomy Editor for Successful Farming and ...

Creating a live weather station with an ESP32 microcontroller and a DHT22 sensor offers a hands-on introduction to IoT applications. As demonstrated by IoT Journal, this project combines hardware ...

Researchers are using soil moisture levels to better predict the location and severity of wildfires. In Arizona, soil moisture sensors are being installed to provide real-time data for land managers ...

New moisture-monitoring technology is being deployed in Arizona to help predict flooding and prevent destructive wildfires. Salt River Project crews are burying soil sensors in the Tonto National ...

Soils that are exposed to prolonged drought often develop desiccation cracks, which impact soil properties and exacerbate moisture loss through evapotranspiration. Now, a study from the University of ...