AgTech sensor networks
Sandhill AgTech builds the field network — soil moisture probes, pivot telemetry, grain bin monitors, and the LoRa gateways that carry the readings — then puts all of it on one dashboard, pinned to the ground it came from.
The systems
We install the probes, the radios, and the gateways — then pin each one to a coordinate, so a manager reads the whole operation the way a plat book reads a township. No four apps. No guessing which pivot a reading came from.
Probes sit in the root zone and report what the soil is actually holding, station by station — not one number standing in for the whole quarter. You see where the ground is dry and where it isn’t.
Telemetry on the machine reports where the pivot is and whether it’s running, so a check doesn’t cost a drive to the far corner of the field.
Cables in the bin report temperature and moisture into the same dashboard you use for the field, so the bin site stops being a separate trip.
The backbone of the network. Gateways get sited on high ground, a bin roof, or the shop, and they pass readings node to node until the data reaches the yard.
See how all four systems read together →
Coverage planning
A reading is only useful if it arrives. We site the gateway, then walk the ground to see what the radio can reach — and where a node needs to stand in the way of the signal.
A sensor in the root zone takes its reading and hands it to the nearest node.
Nodes relay to each other across the field, so a far corner doesn’t need a straight line to the yard.
The LoRa gateway gathers everything in range and sends it in to the dashboard.
Moisture, pivot, and bin readings land together, pinned to the section they came from.
The farm data dashboard
Readings only matter when they’re read together. The dashboard puts the probes, the pivot, and the bins on the same grid view, so a decision about water is made with the whole field in front of you.
Most operations begin with a single field and a single gateway. The network is built to take on the next pivot, the next bin, and the next quarter when you’re ready — the map just gets more pins on it.
Field walk
We come out to the ground, look at the pivots and bins you want on the map, and walk the coverage. You leave with a plan for where the nodes and gateways would stand.