PASTURES & SOILS

Probe network up and running in Victoria

NEW soil moisture probes have been installed in a network around Victoria to help deliver important moisture and soil temperature data to Victoria’s pasture growing districts.

Staff writer
 A network of soil moisture probes in Victoria will help pasture production. Picture courtesy Agriculture Victoria.

A network of soil moisture probes in Victoria will help pasture production. Picture courtesy Agriculture Victoria.

A total of 18 new pasture probes, in a range of soil types and rainfall zones, have been added to the ‘Risk management through soil moisture monitoring' project which began in 2011. Agriculture Victoria...

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