Smart Agriculture: Soil Moisture Monitoring Station Helps Rice Fields Improve Yield and Quality

With the continuous development of agricultural technology, more and more farms are adopting intelligent technology to improve the productivity and quality of crops. Below is an example of a successful installation of a soil moisture monitoring station in a rice field.

Located in the Jiangnan region of China, Jade Green Farm is a modern farm specialising in rice cultivation. However, irrigation management of rice fields has always been a challenge for the farm due to climate change and differences in soil properties. To solve this problem, CuiLu Farm introduced advanced soil moisture monitoring stations.

Equipped with specialised soil moisture sensors, the station monitors soil moisture content, temperature and salinity in real time. The monitoring stations transmit the data to the farm's management system, providing accurate soil moisture information to farm managers.

Through intelligent integration with the irrigation system, the monitoring station can automatically adjust the irrigation volume, accurately calculating the irrigation volume for each field based on real-time soil moisture data and rice growth demand. In this way, farm managers can make flexible adjustments according to the actual situation, avoiding over-irrigation or insufficient water, and improving the water use efficiency of rice fields.

In addition to irrigation management, the soil moisture monitoring station also provides more accurate agricultural decision-making support for Cui-Green Farm. By analysing historical soil moisture data and real-time monitoring results, the farm management team can formulate more scientific fertiliser application plans, pest and disease control programmes to maximise rice yield and quality.

Through this success story, we can see the great potential of soil moisture monitoring stations in rice cultivation, bringing new opportunities and challenges to agricultural production. With the continuous advancement and popularisation of technology, it is believed that more and more farms will adopt similar intelligent means to enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of agriculture.