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FeaturedJune 22, 2026
Connecting SoilSense soil moisture data to other systems with an API and webhooks

How to Integrate SoilSense Soil Moisture Data Using Our API and Webhooks

A practical guide to connecting SoilSense to the tools you already use — read soil moisture data with our REST API and receive live readings via webhooks.

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Field-tested ideas, customer stories, and plain-language guides — straight from the people building SoilSense and the farmers using it.

Apples ripening in a sunlit orchard

July 14, 2026

SoilSense joins the EIT Food Accelerator Network

We've joined the EIT Food Accelerator Network, Europe's programme for sustainable food innovation. Here's what EIT Food is, and why a mission to help growers use every drop of water wisely made it a natural fit.

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Ten questions to ask before buying a soil moisture sensor

May 28, 2026

10 questions to ask before you buy a soil moisture sensor

A buyer's checklist for any soil moisture sensor vendor. Each question pinpoints where research-grade soil measurement parts company with marketing — and what a good answer should sound like.

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Optimizing Nutrition: The Key Role of Soil Temperature and Moisture

February 24, 2026

Optimizing Nutrition: The Key Role of Soil Temperature and Moisture

A practical guide to SoilSense data: learn to cross-reference temperature and PAW to manage nutrition. From biological awakening to preventing root asphyxia, turn every alert into an agronomic decision.

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Soil Monitoring and Water Saving: Agribo’s Experience with SoilSense Sensors

January 28, 2026

Soil Monitoring and Water Saving: Agribo’s Experience with SoilSense Sensors

Agribo explains how soil monitoring and data-driven irrigation make it possible to save water without reducing yields, combining agricultural tradition with technological innovation.

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Regenerative Agriculture in Denmark: SoilSense Soil Moisture Sensors at Godis Grønt

November 28, 2025

Regenerative Agriculture in Denmark: SoilSense Soil Moisture Sensors at Godis Grønt

Discover how Godis Grønt uses regenerative farming practices and SoilSense soil moisture sensors to optimize irrigation, save time, and build a resilient, biodiverse organic vegetable farm.

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Sommerstedet: Orchard Care with Smart Irrigation Monitoring

October 13, 2025

Sommerstedet: Orchard Care with Smart Irrigation Monitoring

At Sommerstedet, an orchard in Denmark, SoilSense provides real-time soil monitoring and remote irrigation management, helping 2,000 apple trees stay healthy and productive.

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Why You Should Measure Soil Moisture Through Winter

September 24, 2025

Why You Should Measure Soil Moisture Through Winter

While crops may be dormant, your soil is anything but asleep. Modern soil moisture sensors have revealed that winter soil dynamics are far more active and important than we previously understood.

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Agricola Schianchi: Smart Planning for Sustainable Organic Agriculture

June 30, 2025

Agricola Schianchi: Smart Planning for Sustainable Organic Agriculture

Agricola Schianchi is an organic farm that integrates traditional agricultural wisdom with soil monitoring technologies to ensure quality and sustainability.

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Tensiometers vs. SoilSense: A Smarter Way to Track Soil Moisture

May 9, 2025

Tensiometers vs. SoilSense: A Smarter Way to Track Soil Moisture

Compare tensiometers vs. SoilSense to discover a smarter, low-maintenance way to monitor soil moisture and improve irrigation decisions based on real-time, field-calibrated data.

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Smart Irrigation in Chile: How SoilSense Is Transforming Water Management in South American Agriculture

March 24, 2025

Smart Irrigation in Chile: How SoilSense Is Transforming Water Management in South American Agriculture

In this interview, farmer Felipe Rodríguez shares how SoilSense's all-in-one, cost-effective solution helps optimize water use, cut energy costs, and boost crop health.

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AI Powered Precision Irrigation Update

March 3, 2025

AI in Agriculture: SoilSense Launching Feature to Simplify Irrigation

SoilSense's new feature takes precision irrigation to the next level, making water management smarter, more efficient, and simpler than ever.

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Get Your SoilSense System Ready for the Growing Season

February 5, 2025

Get Your SoilSense System Ready for the Growing Season

Make sure your SoilSense system is ready for the growing season with this quick and easy checklist.

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Why Choose SoilSense? Expert Insights from an Agronomist

January 24, 2025

Why Choose SoilSense? Expert Insights from an Agronomist

Etmond Shkembi, an expert agronomist with 30+ years of experience, shares his insights on how SoilSense provides real-time data on soil moisture, temperature, and nutrients.

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Agronomists’ Top Strategies for Irrigation and Water Management in Sustainable Agriculture and Urban Green Spaces

January 8, 2025

Agronomists’ Top Strategies for Irrigation and Water Management in Sustainable Agriculture and Urban Green Spaces

In this blog post we share insights from one of the contributors, agronomist Simone Fiorentino, who delivered a detailed analysis of how the current climate crisis is impacting both natural and urban ecosystems.

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Getting Started with SoilSense Sensors

December 15, 2024

Getting Started with SoilSense Sensors

Discover SoilSense sensors: easy to install, intuitive to use, and designed to optimize irrigation, improve crop health, and reduce costs.

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Using Soil Moisture Sensors to Prevent Fertilizer Leaching

December 11, 2024

Using Soil Moisture Sensors to Prevent Fertilizer Leaching

Learn how soil moisture sensors can prevent nutrient loss by tracking water movement and detecting over-irrigation.

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Why measure Electrical Conductivity (EC) in soil?

November 19, 2024

Why measure Electrical Conductivity (EC) in soil?

Measuring Electrical Conductivity (EC) in soil reveals important insights about salinity, nutrient availability, irrigation needs, and more.

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SoilSense and Ambito: Together for Public Green Spaces

November 4, 2024

SoilSense and Ambito: Together for Public Green Spaces

After years of working alongside Italian municipalities, SoilSense is partnering with Ambito — a partner that shares our mission: making the management of urban green spaces easier, more efficient, and more sustainable.

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Supporting Municipal Green Spaces with SoilSense

November 4, 2024

Supporting Municipal Green Spaces with SoilSense

In this post, Linda Vollbehr from Køge Kommune shares how SoilSense has helped her team save water, work hours, and make smarter irrigation decisions for their green areas.

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Soil moisture sensor technologies: An overview

October 9, 2024

Soil moisture sensor technologies: An overview

In this blog post, we break down five common sensor types: Time Domain Transmissometry (TDT), Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR), Watermark Sensors, Tensiometers, and Capacitance Sensors.

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Understanding Plant Available Water (PAW) to optimize irrigation management

September 20, 2024

Understanding Plant Available Water (PAW) to optimize irrigation management

Accurate Plant Available Water (PaW) insights are a game changer for making informed irrigation decisions that improve crop yields and conserve water.

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What is Field Capacity and why is it important?

July 15, 2024

What is Field Capacity and why is it important?

Knowing how much water your soil can hold is really important for watering plants the right way and saving water. This concept is called "field capacity". But what exactly is field capacity, and why does it matter?

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Moving a sensor and archiving data

January 11, 2022

Moving a sensor and archiving data

Guide on how to re-locate a sensor, and to create and view archived data.

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SoilSense plant health - the easiest way to work with soil moisture data

January 10, 2022

SoilSense plant health - the easiest way to work with soil moisture data

SoilSense plant health is a new feature to give you an easy overview of the health of your crops, read this article to understand how to use the powerful tool

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Precision irrigation. A simple guide to saving water and avoiding overwatering your crops.

April 19, 2021

Precision irrigation. A simple guide to saving water and avoiding overwatering your crops.

Here's a simple solution that will make sure you never lose any more water over-irrigating your crops.

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Matric potential and volumetric water content. Which one should you use on your farm?

April 6, 2021

Matric potential and volumetric water content. Which one should you use on your farm?

One of the hardest questions to answer in measuring soil moisture is: matric potential or volumetric water content, which one should you use?

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Soil moisture sensors or satellite data? Why remote sensing won't replace sensors anytime soon.

March 24, 2021

Soil moisture sensors or satellite data? Why remote sensing won't replace sensors anytime soon.

Why use soil moisture sensors instead of satellite data? The answer is simple: accuracy.

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