Keen to Protect Your Vines from Frost and Reduce Pesticide Usage?

A remote monitoring system can be your “eyes and ears” on your vineyard 24/7, giving you the information you need for efficient management of resources and maximising return on investment. Monitor What Matters to You Solar/battery-powered sensors send data through either cellular, Wi-Fi, or ethernet to your dashboard on your PC/mobile device.

• Save Water: Soil moisture sensors enable you to irrigate just when needed
• Alerts when frost is a threat: Sent via text/email
• Intelligent spraying: Models warn you of the risk of disease or pest emergence.
• Weather monitoring & forecast for your micro-climate: Calculations for evapotranspiration, leaf wetness, wet bulb, dew point etc.

Eliminate the guesswork: customisable charts and alerts make sense of

This article was originally posted on www.tempcon.co.uk on 2 Oct 2020.

Tesco Future Farmer Foundation Scholarship Winner Christina Hutchings from West Henstill Farm in Devon has just released a new research report: ‘Where does all the water go? How a better understanding of Ventilation can be used to improve litter conditions in Broiler Houses’

Christina’s extensive research for the report was conducted in England, Scotland, Denmark, Holland, and the USA.

We are very appreciative of the kind words Christina had to say within the report about Tempcon Sales Engineer, Marc Paterson: “Thank you to Marc Paterson at Tempcon who supplied most of my test equipment to me and helped me hugely throughout the process.”
“Thank you to Marc Paterson of Tempcon, for the endless phone calls over the years, the genuine interest

This article was originally published on 29 June 2020 on davisinstruments.com.

Update 18 August 2020: Lands End Camping & Glamping is now open. See the live weather from their Davis Vantage Pro2.

Land's End, on the extreme edge of England, is a UK holiday destination.

Go as far southwest as you can in England. Where do you

Thinking of growing grapes for wine-making? Rick is a home wine-making enthusiast and creator of Smartwinemaking.com. He started his own 'high-tech micro vineyard' at his home and chose HOBO Data Loggers to get a better grip on the local climate and seasonal extremes.

Spectrum Technologies, Inc., the leading manufacturer of plant measurement technology, has announced the launch of the FieldScout TDR 350; the next generation to the TDR 300 series.

Enhancements to the TDR 350 include EC (Electrical Conductivity) measurement, turf surface temperature measurement, an improved easy to read, large backlit display, integrated Bluetooth, and internal GPS; in addition to offering the proven time-domain measurement technology that turf professionals have come to trust in the FieldScout TDR brand.

BTME 2018 will feature over 250 hours of education including the Turf Managers' Conference, over

Spectrum Technologies, Inc., the leading manufacturer of plant measurement technology, has announced the addition of two accessories for the FieldScout® TDR product line: Infrared Temperature Sensor and Rod Spacer.

The Infrared Sensor a ‘must have’ accessory for the TDR 350 and 150 models. With the Infrared Sensor, turf wilt can be predicted with higher accuracy. You can now easily correct a moisture deficit earlier and reduce heat stress to the green. Simply attach the sensor to the TDR 350 or 150 and begin to receive canopy and soil temperature readings in real-time

The moisture and nutrient status of your soil are key pieces of information for every grower or greenkeeper. Armed with this knowledge, you can precisely tailor your irrigation and fertilisation program to suit your crop's requirements – this leads to less wastage in terms of costs of inputs, and achieving optimum quality and yields.

Soil Moisture (Volumetric Water Content)

The volumetric water content (VWC) is the ratio of the volume of water compared to the total soil volume. At saturation, the volumetric water content (expressed as a percentage) will equal the per cent pore space of the soil.

In-field soil moisture content will range from air-dry to saturation. However, plants cannot extract all the water in a saturated soil and can extract none of the water in an airdry soil. Instead, two other moisture content levels, field capacity and permanent wilting point are often used to indicate the upper and lower limit of plant available water.

Clive Liddiard is the Head Groundsman at Hampton School and is responsible for all external areas including information on closing the school for inclement weather. Clive started in the turfcare sector when working weekends at West Byfleet then joining their full-time team. He has since achieved a Soil Science MSc and improved the facilities offered at Hampton School since his appointment 10 years ago.

Clive has been using a Davis Vantage Pro2 weather station with solar, UV, soil moisture and leaf wetness sensors with USB WeatherLink data logger at Hampton School since 2007. The weather station was purchased “to give broad information and provide high levels of data that can be used to create full information trending charts, we learn from history”. Clive continues to say “my work relies on having as much information as possible which is why having decent weather systems

Set in 130 acres of private park, including wild gardens and woodland, Hampshire Collegiate School was once the home of Florence Nightingale. Following an investment of over £15m in 2005, facilities on campus include a performing arts centre, a sports hall, science labs and ICT suites, tennis courts and an all-weather hockey facility. The Prep School and Nursery School are on the same site in separate, purpose-built accommodation and offer an exciting curriculum both inside and outside the classroom.

In May 2012 Hampshire Collegiate School purchased from Weather Front Ltd a Davis Vantage Pro2 weather station with WeatherLink USB data logger & software. Adding a leaf wetness/soil moisture station with soil moisture and soil temperature sensors completed the school’s