Soil IQ is a company that’s bringing the “Internet of things” trend to urban and rural farming. They’re building a probe that streams soil fertility and weather data back to a paired app ...

Generally, you will want to stick the probe about 2 inches down into the soil to get a reading. Take readings at several locations to get a good average of what the soil temperature is for your ...

Temperature is quite simple. He’s using a TMP36 sensor which is held a few inches above the soil. The moisture sensor is of his own design. It uses two building screws embedded in foam. These ...

Proposed sensing system. a) Overview of the proposed sensing system with degradable sensor devices. b) When power is wirelessly supplied to the degradable sensor devices placed on the soil, the ...

'It needs to reach a certain point for the seed to grow,' says Mark Pflugmacher, who farms in northern Champaign County, and 'we generally look for 55 degrees,' said Jeff ...

ChaSTE probe on Chandrayaan-3 successfully measures moon's temperature, surpassing previous missions' struggles with thermal probes. ChaSTE is the first mission to successfully penetrate the soil ...

A new satellite from NASA, scheduled to launch on 29 January, may help to improve those predictions. The Soil Mapping Active Passive (SMAP) probe uses microwave measurements to plot moisture ...

A West Australian farmer says he expects advanced localised weather observation sites, including soil moisture probes, will make his farm more profitable. Grain grower Darrin Lee from Mingenew has ...