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CropMetrics rolls out multi-sensor integrated VRI system

That year also saw the integration of sensors like soil moisture probes, which CropMetrics has been developing since 2013. "We are firmly in the belief you should have a zone for all inputs and manage it accordingly – not a different zone for each input ... read more

Innovative Soil Sampling Solutions Offer Consistency, Efficiency

“As a rule of thumb, 25 to 50 cores in each grid or zone are needed ... soil sampling tools — and that’s led to increased confidence from our customers not only in our ability to pull a quality sample but also in the recommendations we make on other ... read more

Good sampling accounts for variability, allows for adjustment

Agronomists and soil scientists agree — when collecting soil samples to gauge lime or nutrient needs in your fields, it’s worth spending time and money to ensure your samples are accurate to maximize yields and manage input costs. Antonio Mallarino ... read more

This Is Your Office on AI

Now, you may be thinking to yourself, "These seem like trivial issues that can be worked out simply by chatting with another human being, so why do we even need AI in my office ... in the amount and quality of input they can gather through one-on-one ... read more

NASA-supported tool is accelerating wildfire recovery

Assembling the spatial data needed ... tool called the Rapid Response Erosion Database. This RRED supports faster post-fire remediation by accelerating the time-sapping collection of spatial data. With RRED, BAER teams and other users first upload their ... read more

Healthy Ground, Healthy Atmosphere: Recarbonizing the Earth's Soils

To make his point about the need ... soil issues.[29] More recently, the NRCS launched a new Soil Health Division to promote a sea change in how farmers work their land by giving them technical advice, education, monetary incentives, and tools to adopt ... read more

My View: Farming can be sustainable and profitable

The Haases, however, are proof that farm success and environmental protection need not be ... n Healthy soil improves the farm’s bottom line. Farmers who implement soil health practices see competitive yields, lower input costs and a higher return ... read more

Farms of the Future Will Use Drones, Robots and GPS

We only want to apply the optimal amount of any input (water, fertilizer, pesticide, fuel, labor) when and where it’s needed to ... variables like soil fertility and the yield of the crop. Finally, the farmer must have the physical tools to apply the ... read more

Toward Autonomous Farming

They look at different input practices. While that started back in 1994 ... “You might see a separate lane or part of the street reserved for autonomous cars and buses. You need an environment that’s extremely controlled like those places. read more

Two-stage gas sensor reports on soil dynamics

coli or other microbes could help scientists measure soil development. Ratio-metric means the output of gas is directly proportional to the input, in this case ... microbes know what's there. These tools are what we need to be able to, for the first ... read more