Soil moisture monitoring stations provide farmers with scientific seeding and irrigation

Soil moisture monitoring stations provide farmers with scientific seeding and irrigation

Water is the material basis of agricultural production, and atmospheric precipitation and irrigation are the main sources of water for crops. Except for aquatic crops (such as rice), all precipitation and irrigation water must be converted into soil water before it can be absorbed and used by crops.

Various field engineering, agronomic techniques and management measures can affect the soil water supply to farmland and the efficiency of water use by crops. To grasp the instantaneous soil moisture content, we can accurately determine the water demand status of dry field crops and achieve timely water replenishment or drainage.

Soil moisture monitoring station monitoring and forecasting of farmland soil moisture has become an important part of farmland water conservation technology promotion and information services, and plays an important role in the overall promotion of modern agricultural science and technology applications and production management levels.

Users can flexibly arrange soil moisture sensors according to monitoring needs; they are also able to arrange sensors at different depths to measure profile soil moisture conditions. The system can also provide additional expansion capability, capable of adding corresponding sensors according to monitoring needs to monitor soil temperature, soil conductivity, soil PH value, groundwater level, groundwater quality as well as air temperature, air humidity, light intensity, wind speed and direction, rainfall and other information, thus meeting the need for system function upgrade.

The soil moisture monitoring station makes drought forecasts by analyzing the obtained data, makes correct decisions for the government, provides farmers with scientific sowing and irrigation periods, and provides scientific theoretical support to achieve sustainable agricultural development, and gives full play to its guiding role in practice.

Moisture monitoring is a key technical link in the new technology of water-saving agriculture and the realization of scientific and reasonable effective water use in agricultural irrigation. Reasonable use of soil moisture monitoring system can contribute to agricultural water conservation.