News on Drones and Agricultural Sensors from Idaho

Soiltech Wireless Completes USD 2.5M Funding Round to Increase Product Velocity and Advance Stability
July 23, 2022
Soiltech Wireless - provider of an affordable soil moisture sensor - completes USD 2.5M Funding Round
Soiltech Wireless, a leader in remote crop monitoring and traceability from farm to transport and storage, has completed its seed funding round of USD 2.5 million. Homegrown Capital was the leader in this round along with Great North Ventures
Sensor can help save 500 million gallons of water and 250,000 gallons of gasoline across 10,000 acres of farmland
December 30, 2020
Soiltech has expanded the functionality of its soil moisture sensor with temperature, humidity, location and impacts
Enabled by AT&T’s nationwide, highly secure LTE-M cellular network, the Soiltech Sensor precisely records and transmits data for soil moisture, temperature, humidity, location and impacts that may create bruising while crops are being grown, transported, and stored.
Donna Delparte, assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences at Idaho State University with drone near a potato field. She presented her research results during the Idaho Potato Conference 2016.
January 27, 2016
Quick and early disease detection by drones with hyperspectral camera
Idaho State University researchers have found high-tech cameras mounted on drones flying 60 meters above potato fields can effectively detect individual diseased and stressed plants.
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