A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing these soil moisture deficits are ...

Hawke's Bay Federated Farmers president, Will Foley, is happy with the soil moisture heading in to the summer farming months. Photo / Duncan Brown. The chance of a drought this summer is looking ...

BOULDER, Colo. — A partnership between the University of Colorado Boulder and a local technologies company has led to the most detailed soil moisture mapping ever seen. The sensor is an L-band Lobe ...

What's bad for Tauranga's beachgoers has been a godsend for farmers, with higher-than-average rainfall last month plus plenty of cloudy days providing ideal conditions for dairying. After a nervous ...

Soil moisture sensors can help farmers save water, by letting them know when their crops actually need to be watered. A new sensor could be particularly helpful, as it incorporates a special material ...

The launch of an AI-powered soil moisture mapping tool created by University of Sydney researchers could transform irrigation, fuel reduction burning, and pasture management across Tasmania and beyond ...

Water is a fundamental issue in agriculture: the balancing of irrigation with rainwater, the proper or improper use, the right type of water, whether water will cause plants to grow or wash out and ...