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.

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Davis Instruments has today announced their new EnviroMonitor system; a powerful, convenient, and affordable system that allows growers to measure and manage the key elements needed to keep crops healthy, save money, and improve yields.

• Customise Frost Alerts
• Monitor Soil Moisture
• Forecast Evapotranspiration
• Enhance Crop Management
• Improve Irrigation Management
• Track Weather Variables
• Delivering Actionable Intelligence

The "always ON" EnviroMonitor collects sensor data from the field and delivers it to your smartphone or computer in real-time. EnviroMonitor app walks you through setup; Mobilize app gives you control of your data.

Click here to see how EnviroMonitor helps streamline the daily decisions of farming.

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Davis Instruments, a privately held manufacturing company and developer of exceptional instruments for weather, marine, and automotive use, prides itself on innovative, high-quality products and services at reasonable prices. They are located in Hayward, California and have grown consistently over the last 50 years.

Davis Instruments launches the Davis EnviroMonitor system

In May 2017, Davis Instruments launched the Davis EnviroMonitor system; a powerful, convenient, and affordable system that allows growers to measure and manage the key elements needed to keep crops healthy, save money, and improve yields.

Davis' three lines of products that offer practical solutions to real-life problems

Andrew Crawford is a Ground Manager working on behalf of Trinity Fields Trust in Wandsworth. He maintains Trinity Fields for Local Community Clubs, Schools and Independent Prep Schools known as The Consortium, with one assistant, Daniel Alexander, who is currently studying for his NVQ Level 2 in Sportsturf and Amenity from Merrist Wood.

Andrew required a weather station for recording data and monitoring the weather to provide “a justification tool for works and cancellations” at Trinity Fields. In previous roles Andrew had used weather stations but his requirements were different now as he has no fixed desktop. Andrew made enquiries with EnviroMonitors for an iPad compatible and internet ready weather station after seeing an advert in The Groundsman. After initial conversation the Davis systems fitted the specification and as his budget for groundscare is limited the

J Warner & Son is a family run farming business based in central Shropshire spread over 1500 acres comprising of several different operations including arable, poultry farming and other livestock. The farm has been in operation for three generations growing small quantities of beet and maize for local livestock farmers with their main crops consisting of wheat, oilseed rape and potatoes.

Edward Warner came to EnviroMonitors to purchase a Vantage Pro2 Weather Station, “We decided we would benefit from a weather station to efficiently record weather patterns”. Edward also knew the weather station information could benefit decision making when applying chemicals to crops. In addition, the Vantage Pro2 Weather Station offers the farm the option to add further sensors to monitor leaf wetness and soil moisture.

J Warner & Son is a family run farming business based

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

St Annes Old Links Golf Club has been established since 1901 on land which since 1886 had been home to the Lytham & St. Anne’s Golf Club. The club is located in the North West of England about a mile from the Royal Lytham Open 2012 venue.

Stuart Hogg is the Course Manager at St Annes Old Links and has been at the club for over 8 years. Stuart controls the budgets and purchasing of equipment, and has the responsibility of maintaining the greens, fairways and even the car park! The course has 7 full time staff and 4 part time staff depending on the time of year. Stuart started a career in greenkeeping as his “ideal job would be one which he could still play football on a Saturday afternoon!”. He started a Youth Training Scheme job at a championship course local to home and has been developing his knowledge, understanding and skills ever since.

Stuart had used a Davis Vantage

The Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects (LASI) at the University of Sussex is the largest research group in the UK studying honey bees and other social insects the bees, wasps and ants that live in a colony with a queen and workers. LASI research studies the honey bee and other social insects "in the round" addressing both applied and basic questions.

Their Vantage Pro 2 station was installed after being acquired as part of the Sussex Plan for Honey Bee Health and Well Being. Dr Martyn Stenning, Technician for the University of Sussex' Biology and Environmental Science department and Mr Phil Chitty from the ITS support, installed the meteorological station on the roof of the Laboratory. It is hooked up to a laptop inside the laboratory where it will feed information through on a daily basis. Dr Margaret Couvillon said: "The weather station will provide accurate and up to date information for projects on bee health and will be available for the Sussex community at large".

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

Peter King is the Arable Farm Manager at Yattendon Estate in Berkshire. The estate has practiced “responsible English farming at Yattendon since 1925”. Yattendon Estate is the amalgamation of several smaller estates acquired by the first Lord Lliffe which represents a total of nearly 4000 hectares divided between in-hand farms, let farms, woodlands, christmas tree areas, let smallholdings and grazing land. Crops grown on the land include Wheat, Barley, Oil Seed Rape and Forage Maize Amongst the several farms on the estate is Frilsham Home Farm which is home to 550 Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle and 24 British White cattle.

Prior to purchasing their Davis Vantage Pro2 weather station from EnviroMonitors the estate had been keeping rainfall records for the Met Office since 1942. Peter had wanted a weather station for a number of years, seeing the value a robust and accurate