Soil sensors news

CropX sensors to track an eight-year regenerative potato trial in New Zealand

CropX will equip the Lincoln University McCain Foods NextGen Regenerative Farm with soil moisture probes, weather stations, satellite imagery and its AI agronomy platform to compare regenerative and conventional systems over a full potato rotation.

PrecisionAg14 October 20262 min read

Agrotech

Saudi startup TerraSense takes soil-sensing farm robots to pilots in China and Italy

The KAUST spin-out combines in-soil sensors with AI vision on a quadruped robot and a rover to spot crop stress early; it says fertiliser savings could reach 30 to 40 percent.

AgNavigator3 October 20261 min read

Agrotech

Low-cost printed sensor tracks soil pH for months without recalibration

CU Boulder engineers have shown a cheap, battery-powered electronic sensor using the dye alizarin can monitor soil pH continuously across soil types, helping farmers spot problems before it is too late.

Michigan Farm News23 September 20262 min read