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Gain a Deeper View with Modern Soil Technology

One of the Soilscout founders is a 19th generation agriculture soil professional, PhD. Johannes Tiusanen, who already in 2000 predicted that technology will have a massive impact on the soil industry.

His Phd thesis, ‘The Underground Radio Environment and the Hardware Design of Soil Scout,’ was published in 2008. It combined theoretical analysis and extensive fieldwork to present the methods of managing the underground attenuation mechanisms.

His trailblazing research enabled an unprecedented underground antenna design, which reached a radiating efficiency of over 95% when submerged, just the opposite of a standard (air) antenna. This was the core of Soil Scout's technological development to come.

Soilscout takes pride in spreading the knowledge of how technology can assist golf and sports field professionals and farmers to develop their maintenance and management practices.

The Most Advanced Wireless Soil Moisture Sensor!

COMPANIES THAT USE SOILSCOUT TECH EVERYDAY

The most advanced wireless soil moisture sensoring and monitoring service for golf, sports fields, and agriculture.  

Gain a Deeper view!

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Location

Soil Scout Oy Ltd.

Lapinlahdenkatu 16 (Maria01)

00180 Helsinki

Finland

Direct Contact

Just drop us an email. Please, add "Campaign Enquiry" to the subject line.

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Soil Scout Ltd. is a high tech manufacturer of soil monitoring solutions 

Features

By using Soil Scout, hundreds of farms and other agriculture professionals worldwide become even better in their data-driven agronomy. The system enables learning and controlling of soil conditions for optimized growth, as well as savings in operational costs and inputs. Golf courses and sports fields use Soil Scout to improve turf quality, minimize quality variations, and reduce maintenance costs, chemical usage and water consumption.

Install and forget - easy!

Simply dig the wireless sensors into the ground – or drill a hole with a cup-cutter. Soil Scout is the only soil sensor solution which you can freely distribute across a field - Install and Forget!

Fully Buried Sensors 

The fully buried sensors do not disturb your turf maintenance or farm fieldwork and are safe from wheel pressure, golfers, wildlife, players and the public.

Sensors Run 20 Years Underground 

The sensors run up to 20 years below the ground without any maintenance – it’s the most cost-efficient solution!

Real-time Soil Data 

Smart sensor placement provides real-time data of areal differences in moisture, temperature and salinity, which enables treating each area individually and optimally - Soil Scout staff will assist you in choosing the best locations.

Soil Scout sensors can be placed at multiple depths, depending on your measurement needs. The patented underground wireless technology is tested for 2 meters (6 feet) below the ground.

Sensors Need No Cellular Network 

Place Soil Scout sensors wherever you want to monitor soil – regardless of whether the cellular signal can reach the spot. The sensors connect automatically to the Soil Scout Base Station, which centrally relays all data to the cloud over 4G/3G/2G.

Measure Soil at any Depth

One Sensor for Moisture, Salinity, and Temperature 

Web Dashboard 

The dashboard visualizes soil moisture, salinity and temperature data in many intuitive ways. You can easily check current status, follow trends, recognize patterns and compare soil conditions in different areas, anytime and anywhere using any device with a browser.

Soil Scout sensor measures three types of soil data: moisture, salinity, and temperature. It provides you with a long-term view into soil behaviour, enabling accurate and informed soil management instead of traditions and guesswork, but also builds up long-time records for your future needs.

A Sensor and Monitoring Service Like No Other 

Soil Scout is the first-ever soil sensor system that allows you to place any number of fully buried wireless sensors all across an area, giving you a complete real-time underground weather map at your fingertips. It is the most advanced and cost-efficient soil monitoring service for professionals in golf and sports turf maintenance and agriculture.  

Key Benefits

Cost Savings

With the precision data, you can cut off unnecessary inputs and tasks. Also, no need to waste time with handheld sensors. 

Reduced Water Consumption

Known when and where you need water at critical times. Cut your water consuption.

Improved Plant and Soil Health

With the data available, you can carry out high-precision, timely  maintenance practices, e.g. acting when it is needed. This improves your soil and plant health.

Accurate Insights and Decisions 

Having accurate and real-time information about your soil enables you to make better and more timely management decisions, based on facts, not estimates.

WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY

"What drew me to Soil Scout is the live data you get every 20 minutes. Having that at your fingertips is unique in the industry and it was something that by putting the sensors in, we could fine-tune our moisture management practices very quickly"

John McLoughlin

Course Manager, Wallasey Golf Club

Sensors Need No Cellular Network 

Place Soil Scout sensors wherever you want to monitor soil – regardless of whether the cellular signal can reach the spot. The sensors connect automatically to the Soil Scout Base Station, which centrally relays all data to the cloud over 4G/3G/2G. 

Solution Components

Wireless Sensors

Measure soil at any depth up to 2 m/6 ft below the ground. The battery life allows for up to 20 years of underground operation without maintenance. Three critical soil parameters: moisture, salinity, temperature. Uploads data to the cloud in regular intervals (choose between 20 and 60 minutes). Sensors do not need cellular network, SIM card, or data plan. 

Soil Scout Hub

The sensors automatically upload soil data to the cloud-based server – you can access the real-time Dashboard using a smartphone, tablet or laptop. View current status, history, trends, and compare different areas. Perform analytics and set alerts. 

The Soil Scout wireless sensors don’t need cellular connection themselves. They use our patented underground radio technology to connect to the Base Station, which you can place in an optimal location to set up a full wireless coverage on your property. Typical range over 500 meters. The Base Station connects to any cellular network for data uplink. 

Base Station

Echo Repeater (Optional)

If more wireless reach is needed to connect more widespread sensors, the solar-powered Echo Repeater provides you with a wireless range extension of 5–10 km line-of-sight. You can place the light-weight, cable-free Echo Repeater anywhere at your property to extend the wireless coverage. 

Who I Will Be Talking to?

You will be talking to Johannes, and/or one of his team members.

Johannes is the founder of Soil Scout, a farmer and doctor in agrotechnology.  He takes care Soil Scout's customers. He possesses 25 years of experience and know-how in soil monitoring technologies with a PHd in  agronomy, expertise in soil technology and smart farming technologies.
Please, don't miss this opportunity. 

Johannes Tiusanen

More Benefits

Agriculture

Soil Scout wireless soil sensors enable you to increase profitability by improving crop production and using fields more efficiently. Finally seeing and understanding what happens underground, you can reduce costs on operations such as irrigation, and adjust your farming operations and inputs in an optimized way. 

Golf Courses

Underground soil monitoring helps you improve golf turf quality, minimize quality variations, and maintain optimal playing conditions, longer. The Soil Scout wireless sensors and accurate soil data saves your maintenance costs via optimized irrigation, reduced water consumption, and more efficient use of inputs. 

With wireless soil sensors, you can improve turf quality and provide users with uniform playability across your fields throughout the season. The underground soil data allows you to optimize grass growth, and adjust the field hardness to minimize injuries. Meanwhile, you can reduce maintenance costs by reducing water usage, avoiding leaching of fertilizers, and adjusting inputs more efficiently. 

Sports Fields

PhD. Johannes Tiusanen and Soil Scout Sensor Evolution

Quick and Easy To Install

Soil Scout wireless sensor is easy and quick to install. Just drill one hole with a cup-cutter or shovel. The fully-buried sensors don't disturb turf maintenance or farming work, golfers, athletes, or players. You can start with a handful of sensors and add more as per your soil monitoring needs. It scales for both small and large sites and everything in between. Soil Scout sensor features the longest battery lifetime in the market – up to 20 years. The sensors operate their entire life autonomously in the ground and do not need battery replacements, software updates or maintenance. 

You can do it yourself!

Welcome to Soil Scout!

The power of Soil Scout explained in the brief video below! 

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6 Hydra Scout Sensors and 1 Base Station
+All necessary antennas and leads. Subscription sold separately.

3 min explainer video