Soil Sensor News
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Enhancing Crop Yield and Quality through Soil Sensor Technology
Achieving high crop yield and quality is a fundamental goal in agriculture. To accomplish this, farmers need to optimize their farming practices based on accurate information about soil conditions. Soil sensor technology has emerged as a powerful tool that enables farmers to monitor and manage essential soil parameters in real-time. By leveraging soil sensors, farmers can enhance crop yield and ...
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Finapp at Fieragricola Tech in Verona (1 - 2 February)
Fieragricola is an event that aims to explore topics such as sustainability, agro-ecology, circular economy, protection of soil, resources, environment and nature. Finapp had a stand with its innovative probe and gave a speech on the irrigation advice that can be obtained through new, non-invasive soil moisture sensors with CRNS technology. ...
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Urban Control and City of London Corporation Win Itron Innovator Award
Urban Control, the solution provider that creates intelligent devices based on IoT open standards, announced that their customer City of London Corporation (City Corporation) has been named as the winner of the 2022 Itron Innovator Award for proactively addressing the City’s pressing needs related to climate disruption and disaster recovery. The award, presented at the Itron ...
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Wireless Communications System Executive Brian Henrichs Joins GroGuru Advisory Board
Brian Henrichs, Actiontec president, joins GroGuru as a member of its business advisory board. Brian is a communication and wireless systems industry veteran, and will advise GroGuru on scaling its revolutionary wireless underground system into large scale production. Brian has over 40 years of high-tech communication systems experience having held senior roles in engineering, marketing, ...
By GroGuru
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Soiling Sensor DustIQ: Firmware Update Improves Response and Handling
Better response to soiling with increased sensitivity Measurements taken outdoor in various desert regions across the world show that the DustIQ underestimated the degree of transmission loss with its earlier factory calibration dust slopes. Those various sites report that the outdoor dust slope is a factor reaching from 1.8 and 2.6 higher than the factory calibration. Based on these reports, an ...
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Soiling Sensor DustIQ: Firmware Update Improves Response and Handling
The pioneering soiling monitoring system Kipp & Zonen DustIQ is becoming even better. From now on, OTT HydroMet provides the DustIQ with a new firmware that simplifies both handling and calibration. Active users can update to the new firmware, too. Read this article to learn how. Better response to soiling with increased sensitivity Measurements taken outdoor in various desert regions ...
By OTT HydroMet
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Join the Royal Eijkelkamp DemoDay 2018
Do you want to experience sonic drilling yourself or get to know the new Compact CPT rig? Or do you want to know more about groundwater or granite sampling? Come to the Royal Eijkelkamp DemoDay! We would like to invite you for our Royal Eijkelkamp DemoDay. The DemoDay will take place at our headquarters in Giesbeek, The Netherlands. Friday 12th of October, 2018, from 09.00 - 16.00 What you are ...
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Eijkelkamp Smart Sensoring
Royal Eijkelkamp is involved in soil and water projects all over the world. We have historically been good at developing and installing measuring and sampling equipment, however, from our control room in Giesbeek we can also provide reliable soil and water data. And it is exactly this unique combination that offers you unprecedented opportunities! Our world is getting smarter, and a smart world ...
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Smart farming recoups IoT investment
In the United States, California avocado farmer Kurt Bantle experimented with Internet of Things (IoT) connected technology to see if costly water consumption could be reduced in growing his 900 avocado trees. He spent US$8,200 for LoRa stations with soil moisture sensors, valve controllers, LoRa gateway and cellular backhaul. Cellular backhaul refers to a gateway that connects the farm to the ...
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UF/IFAS Extension provides Suwannee farmers with valuable water-saving tool
During most of this last year, Suwannee County farmer Sammy Starling never had to guess when he did—or didn’t—need to water his corn. With a new smart-agriculture technology, he could access soil moisture readings right from his phone, with updates every three hours. This information helped Starling determine when to turn on the irrigation system and when to skip a cycle. ...
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HydraProbe selected to be used in Canada’s RISMA Network for Agricultural Monitoring
A new study published in the Soil Science Society of America Journal investigated the field performance of 5 soil moisture instruments in heavy clay soils in the RISMA network. The HydraProbe outperformed TDR and capacitance-based soil sensors in terms of stability and accuracy in Manitoba’s agricultural soil. Much of soil in the Canadian Prairie farmland is vertisolic. Soils with clayey ...
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CAFRE (College of Agriculture, Food & Rural Enterprise) win UK award for water management
Delta-T Devices would like to congratulate Cathal Ellis and Martin Wooster of CAFRE for winning the ‘Exemplar project in Northern Ireland’ which recognises water efficiency achievements. CAFRE currently use the Delta-T GP1 Data Logger and Soil Moisture sensors to automatically control irrigation in their Nursery stock tunnels. On-going work demonstrating best practice within the ...
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ML3 ThetaProbe Undergoes Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT)
Delta-T Devices’ product design and testing aims to establish the highest degree of performance and reliability we can achieve for each our instruments. Our rigorous testing regimes include extensive water resistance and thermal shock tests, and most recently with our ML3 ThetaProbe - Soil Moisture and Temperature Sensor - Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT). HALT is a way of ...
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CAFRE (College of Agriculture, Food & Rural Enterprise) Win UK Award for Water Management
Delta-T Devices would like to congratulate Cathal Ellis and Martin Wooster of CAFRE for winning the ‘Exemplar project in Northern Ireland’ which recognises water efficiency achievements. CAFRE currently use the Delta-T GP1 Data Logger and Soil Moisture sensors to automatically control irrigation in their Nursery stock tunnels. On-going work demonstrating best practice within the ...
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ESI announces exclusive partnership for China, Signing a multi-million dollar distribution agreement with key player in water resource management
E. S. I. Environmental Sensors Inc. ("ESI" or the "Company")(TSX VENTURE:ESV) is pleased to announce the signing of a Distribution Agreement with Beijing Yanyu Water Technology Company Ltd. ("BJYY" or "Yanyu"), a subsidiary of Tri-Tech Holding Inc. ("Tri-tech") (Nasdaq: "TRIT"). With operations in China, the U.S. and India, Tri-tech provides turn-key water resources management, water and ...
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Drought warning system being developed in South Africa
The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute is developing a new drought warning system for parts of South Africa. The recently started project is focusing on producing forecasts and recommendations so as to better manage times of strain. The work is being done in close co-operation with local players. Like many other countries, South Africa is periodically severely affected by drought, ...
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Arizona`s Desert Mountain Community Conserves Water with IBM Analytics
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Desert Mountain, an Arizona based golf and residential community, is using IBM analytics software to help the community reallocate and reduce water usage, save energy and cut operating costs. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click ...
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ASTM D7698 - 11a Standard Test Method for In-Place Estimation of Density and Water Content of Soil and Aggregate by Correlation with Complex Impedance Method
The test method is a procedure for estimating in-place values of density and water content of soils and soil-aggregates based on electrical measurements. The test method may be used for quality control and acceptance testing of compacted soil and soil aggregate mixtures as used in ...
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Onset® Adds Plug-and-Play Soil Moisture Sensor to Weather Station Product Line
BOURNE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Onset Computer Corporation (http://www.onsetcomp.com), the world leader in data loggers, today announced that it has expanded its line of research-grade soil monitoring solutions with the new 10HS Soil Moisture Smart Sensor. The 10HS sensor measures soil moisture over a large volume of soil to provide a more ...
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Decagon`s environmental stations allow for customized monitoring
The ability to accurately measure environmental parameters on a local scale is becoming an increasing need worldwide, whether you’re a hydrologist, an environmental researcher, or even a farmer. It is evident now that the environmental conditions and forecasts for one location cannot always be extrapolated for nearby areas. Due to differences in terrain, elevation, and topography, a rain ...
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