Soil Sensor Yields Beneficial Information for Farmers

Credit: Rintaro Kinoshita

A tractor pulling an ECa sensor, along with an optical sensor and pH meter.

« Soil Sensor Yields Beneficial Information for Farmers

Credit: Rintaro Kinoshita

Soil cores collected from the same farm fields. The research team compared results from soil tests to the finds from various sensing technologies to determine which were the most accurate.

« Soil Sensor Yields Beneficial Information for Farmers

Credit: Rintaro Kinoshita

A penetrometer placed in a corn field after harvest to measure soil hardness. Where the portable sensor could not estimate yield, the penetrometer was useful in identifying low-yielding areas.

« Soil Sensor Yields Beneficial Information for Farmers

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