Join us for the latest episode of We Measure the World, where University of Idaho graduate students MaryBeth Gavin and Paul Tietz discuss the challenges in judging soils and how those skills support the next generation of scholars across disciplines.
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Soil moisture data can be skewed by salinity, temperature, and slow stabilization.
SOLYX 14 delivers consistent VWC, fast stabilization, and reliable performance - so you get clearer trends and more confidence in long-term research.
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Upcoming webinar!
Join METER Director of Scientific Outreach Leo Rivera for a 30-minute webinar: CDX—the new era of soil moisture sensing: reliable accuracy regardless of salinity.
Register for this upcoming webinar using this link: metergroup.com/webinars/cdx...
Join Chris Chambers and Leo Rivera for this episode of Office Hours to learn how CDX (Complex Dielectric through intersections) enables accurate soil moisture measurements—even in high-salinity soils.
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#SoilScience #SoilMoisture #AgTech
Good decisions don’t come from one sensor. They come from seeing the whole picture with an accurate system of sensors.
Learn how one grower doubled his yield using the Gradient system powered by METER.
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Data collection is only part of environmental monitoring.
ZENTRA Cloud brings your data together so you can see patterns and trends—and get answers when and where you need them.
Move from data to insight faster:
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#EnvironmentalMonitoring #DataVisualization #AgTech
Confidence in your data starts with confidence in your sensor.
SOLYX 14 includes a built-in self-consistency test to help verify the sensor is functioning as expected over time, so you don’t have to de-install sensors to confirm performance.
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Thank you to all the applicants! Learn more about this fellowship program and see past fellowship recipients:
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Honorable Mentions
Dominic Gorman, Virginia Tech
Victoria Wojahn, Colorado State University
Katie Janzen, Kansas State University
Sachin Khaniya, Washington State University
The winners are:
Mahdi Talebi, Rutgers University
Dorcas Kayode, Tennessee State University
Dinesh Gulati, University of Idaho
Avinash Gonnabathula, Texas A&M University
Alex Crookshanks, Columbia University
Cheyenne Collins, University of Kentucky
METER is excited to announce the 2026 G. A. Harris Fellowship winners!
Each recipient will receive $10,000 in METER instrumentation to further their innovative graduate-level work.
Winners names are in the first comment!
Honorable Mentions - second comment.
Drought makes vineyard irrigation decisions harder.
See how Boldú Viticultors uses weather data + VPD to better understand vine stress and improve irrigation planning.
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#Viticulture #Irrigation #PrecisionAg
Soil moisture measurement keeps advancing.
TEROS sensors set the standard - now SOLYX 14 takes it further with new CDX tech, delivering accurate readings even in high salinity soils by measuring real + imaginary dielectric permittivity.
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Your data, where you need it.
ZENTRA Cloud 2.0 makes it easy to view and access environmental data in near real time—so you can stay connected from anywhere.
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#EnvironmentalMonitoring #DataVisualization #AgTech
We visited Associate Professor Farhad Jazaei’s lab at the University of Memphis, where his team uses HYPROP to study soil and water contamination from microplastics and PFAS, along with hydrological dynamics and contaminant transport.
#EnvironmentalEngineering #SoilScience #Hydrology #WaterResearch
In Episode 50 of the WMTW Podcast, PhD candidate Tejinder Singh shares how groundwater use is being rethought in arid agricultural systems, where water is limited and every decision carries weight.
Listen here:
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Soil electrical conductivity (EC) affects how water and nutrients move through soil—but measuring it accurately isn’t always straightforward.
Learn how EC works, how it’s measured, and how to interpret readings in the field:
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#SoilScience #EC #AgTech
Winegrowing is rooted in tradition, but understanding the vine requires science.
In this vineyard, growers and researchers study how water moves from soil to atmosphere to better manage vine health, irrigation, and fruit quality.
Learn more:
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Accurate soil moisture measurements can be difficult in high-salinity soils. SOLYX 14 with CDX technology measures dielectric permittivity in a way that helps reduce the influence of salinity on water content measurements.
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#SoilMoisture #SoilScience
Measure the onset and duration of leaf wetness on a simulated leaf surface with the PHYTOS 31 - helping you monitor disease-favorable conditions. Pair with the ZL6 data logger for preprogrammed wet/dry thresholds and automated data collection.
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Every irrigation decision carries risk. SOLYX 14 provides consistent soil moisture measurements across soil types, helping you make irrigation decisions with greater confidence.
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#PrecisionAg #SoilMoisture #AgTech
Field conditions change fast.
ZENTRA Cloud 2.0 lets you view data from multiple sites in one place, monitor conditions in near-real time, and get alerts when thresholds are exceeded—so you can focus on insights, not data management.
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Attending Geo-Congress this week?
Stop by booth #507, come say hello to Leo Rivera and Krissy Shelton. We’d love to connect and talk all things geotechnical.
March 10th–12th
Salt Palace Convention Center | Salt Lake City, Utah
#GeoCongress2026 #geotechnical
The SC-1 Leaf Porometer delivers quick, accurate readings to answer questions about plant stress, water use, and physiological response under real conditions.
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#PlantPhysiology #EnvironmentalMonitoring #PrecisionAg #AgResearch #CropManagement
Measuring soil moisture in saline environments used to be challenging.
That's why METER introduces SOLYX 14 with CDX technology, a new approach that separates the real and imaginary components of the soil's dielectric permittivity.
Learn More about SOLYX 14: metergroup.com/products/sol...
Yasuyo Yonekawa has spent 20 years protecting loggerhead sea turtle nesting beaches in Japan. By measuring temperature and moisture directly in nesting sand, her team can better understand incubation conditions and protect hatchlings with real field data.
Learn More:
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In case you missed our latest #webinar, it is available to rewatch, for free: metergroup.com/knowledge-ba...
Funded by the Washington State Legislature, the #WASHI Project is helping #growers across Washington evaluate real-world management practices that impact #SoilHealth , productivity, and sustainability.
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Compliant with #ASTM D6836-25, the #HYPROP delivers a #soil #water characteristic curve suitable for hydrological characterization of #unsaturatedsoils and characterizing the shear strength and compressibility of unsaturated soils.
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Designing with confidence means reducing uncertainty. Terracon engineers explain how advances in #soil and #thermalscience are transforming the way engineers approach design and #RiskManagement .
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