Soiltech Beacon: Soil, Canopy, & Storage Monitoring Sensors

At Soiltech, better crop management decisions start with our durable, easy-to-install soil moisture and temperature sensors called Beacons. These multipurpose devices can be buried in the soil, mounted in the canopy, harvested and transported with the crop, or placed in long-term crop storage monitoring systems. Beacons are a valuable piece of precision farming technology, delivering real-time data growers can trust.

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Beacon in Hole

Beacons in the Soil

Unlike many soil moisture sensors, Soiltech Beacons can be buried at any depth — and even moved throughout the season as root systems expand.

How can you make sure your potatoes, onions, or sugar beets get the best chance at successful germination? By using Soiltech Beacons as soil temperature monitoring devices to pick the perfect planting dates.

Beacons also measure soil EC sensors so you can flush salts below the root zone when needed, encourage microbial activity, and monitor nutrient leaching.

When should you pull the trigger on harvest, or pause to protect crop quality? Soiltech Beacons track real-time soil temperature sensors for agriculture so you don’t have to guess.

Beacons in the Canopy

Are you still relying on public weather stations miles away to make critical farming decisions? There's a better way.

Mounted above or nearby the canopy, Beacons function as agricultural weather stations, measuring rainfall, wind direction, humidity, temperature, and wind speed directly in your fields.

All data is transmitted to our online platform where conditions are recorded for historical reference. The system automatically calculates Growing Degree Days (GDD) to help plan post-planting applications and harvest timing. 

Users can even set temperature thresholds that trigger alerts for vineyard or orchard frost monitoring or extreme heat prevention activities.

Beacon as a Weather Station
Beacon on a potato conveyor belt

Beacons With the Crop

Once your crop has been harvested, dig up you Beacon and toss it into a truck. It will effortlessly trace crop movement from field to storage or processor with GPS crop tracking sensors. 

Beacons also come equipped with on-board, industrial-grade accelerometers. When in Bruise Mode, they can be used to identify processing stages with excess bruising risk in real time. Make appropriate modifications to reduce bruising and prevent unnecessary crop spoilage.

Beacons in Storage

With a special CO2 cap and a rugged antenna, Beacons can be placed into storage bins or piles to monitor temperature, humidity, and CO2 levels.

Monitor temperature, humidity, and CO2 levels in storage with onions, potatoes, grain, and more.

 

Beacon with antenna in potatoes

Signal: The Power Behind the Beacon

Beacon hardware is complemented by Signal, our powerful farm management platform. Signal doesn't just store data, it turns it into actionable insights.

Beacon and Signal
Beacon on a potato conveyor belt

Beacons With the Crop

Once your crop has been harvested, dig up you Beacon and toss it into a truck. It will effortlessly trace crop movement from field to storage or processor with GPS crop tracking sensors. 

Beacons also come equipped with on-board, industrial-grade accelerometers. When in Bruise Mode, they can be used to identify processing stages with excess bruising risk in real time. Make appropriate modifications to reduce bruising and prevent unnecessary crop spoilage.