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How IoT Sensors Detect Soil Compaction in Real Time
Episode 106 of Internet of Things with Fexingo: How IoT sensors are tackling soil compaction — a silent threat to global crop yields. Lucas and Luna dive into a pilot program in Iowa's corn belt where 200 wireless soil-moisture and penetrometer sensors are deployed across 5,000 acres. The system, developed by a University of Nebraska ag-engineering team, measures compaction layer depth every 15 minutes and alerts farmers via a smartphone dashboard when resistance exceeds 300 psi — the threshold where roots stop growing. Early data shows yield improvements of 8 to 12 percent on treated fields…
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