Use of soil moisture sensors increasing globally

Soil moisture sensors were introduced to the golf course industry only in recent years, but their rapid adoption as a tool for scheduling irrigation shows just how useful these tools can be. For example, in a 2013 survey on water management 29 percent of U.S. superintendents (see page 25) reported using hand held soil moisture sensors in irrigation scheduling. And in a 2016 survey of superintendents from four Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden), 47 percent report using moisture…