Sensors & Soil Health
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Why Are Service Providers Slow to Adopt Crop Sensors for Nitrogen Management?
If conventional methods are not good enough to make variable rate prescriptions, why haven’t service providers adopted crop canopy sensors as a better alternative?
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Airmar Announces Two New Ultrasonic Weather Multisensors Are Now Shipping
The 110WXS and 150WXS WeatherStation instruments each provide accurate, site-specific weather data from a single, compact device.
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Irrigation Management with Soil Sensors: Considerations for Choosing the Best Method
There are two main types of soil sensors used in agriculture to measure the availability of water to plants. Sensors that measure soil moisture. Sensors that…
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Growers Edge Partners With Industry Leaders to Incent Farmers to Embrace Soil Health Solutions
Growers Edge Financial, Inc. (Growers Edge), which provides data-driven fintech solutions for the ag industry, has announced the addition of innovative soil health improvement…
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Opinion: Soil Testing Needs Sensors To Get More Accurate
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared at PrecisionAg in February 2017. We are entering a very exciting time in agriculture. With so many great…
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Report Analyzes Farm Bill Impact on Soil Health
The Soil Health Institute (SHI) and the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) have released the Impact of 2018 Farm Bill Provisions on Soil Health,…
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Using Electrical Conductivity (EC) Sensors in Precision Agriculture
Contributing writer Guy Sela provides insight into how EC sensors are a valuable tool for better understanding variability and trends in the soil.
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Fertilizers’ Impact on Soil Health Compared
In a newly published study, researchers dug into how fertilizing with manure affects soil quality, compared with inorganic fertilizer, according an article by the…
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Fertilizer Enhancers Make Positive Additions to Soil Health, ROI
The manufacturers of fertilizer additives and enhancers almost unanimously agree that the industry’s current (if not ever-present) No. 1 concern is guaranteeing improved return on…
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Enhance Soil Health with Fertilizer?
We can agree that healthy soil is essential for sustainable and productive agriculture, writes Rob Mikkelsen, Vice President, Communications, International Plant Nutrition Institute. While…
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