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Soil moisture monitoring for fields without power or Wi-Fi
Irrigation is the biggest lever you pull all season — and most of it is pulled on gut feeling. Battery-powered sensors in the root zone report volumetric water content around the clock, and Kilo turns every field into a number you can act on.
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Irrigation by gut feeling
A handful of topsoil tells you nothing about the root zone. Water too early and you pay for pumping you didn’t need; too late and the crop has already been stressed for days.
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Fields have no power and no Wi-Fi
The plots that matter are kilometers from the nearest outlet. Cabled probes and Wi-Fi loggers stop at the farmyard fence — exactly where the guessing starts.
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Checking means driving
Reading a probe means a truck, an hour, and diesel — per field, per visit. So checks happen when there’s time, not when the soil actually dries out.
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How a soil moisture sensor network works with Kilo
Bury sensors in the root zone
LoRaWAN soil moisture sensors run for years on batteries and reach across open fields for kilometers — one gateway at the farm covers the plots around it. No trenches, no SIM per probe.
See every field on one screen
Dashboards chart moisture, temperature, and battery per field in real time, and the map view shows all your plots at a glance — from the kitchen table or the cab.
Let thresholds start the day
Set a rule once: below 25 % VWC, alert the irrigation lead by push, SMS, or email — and escalate if nobody reacts. Rules can also trigger commands to connected equipment.
Hardware, ready to bury
Source field-proven soil moisture sensors and gateways from the Kilo Electronics store — and have us pre-configure them, so probes arrive ready to place in the ground. No IoT team required.
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The platform features behind soil moisture monitoring
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Soil moisture monitoring FAQ
How do the sensors send data from the middle of a field?
Over LoRaWAN or mioty — long-range, low-power radio built for exactly this. A single gateway at the farm building typically covers the surrounding fields, and the sensors themselves run for years on batteries. Any MQTT-capable sensor works too.
What does a soil moisture sensor actually measure?
Most probes report volumetric water content (VWC) — the percentage of water in the soil — often alongside soil temperature. In Kilo you chart those values per field, compare depths, and set thresholds that trigger alerts.
Can alerts reach the person on the tractor?
Yes. Every alarm carries an escalation chain: the first tier is notified immediately by push, SMS, or email, and if nobody resolves it, later tiers follow. The Critical Alerts app breaks through a silenced phone.
How much does it cost to start?
Your first 5 devices are free, and paid plans start from €25. Put probes in one field this season, and scale to the whole operation once the data has paid for itself.
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Know your fields, not just your forecast
Start free with 5 devices, or book a call and we’ll scope the deployment — probes, gateways, dashboards, and irrigation alerts.