A new soil moisture monitoring system, produced by Portland, Oregon-based SmartVineyards, is designed to provide accurate, timely and actionable data for managing vineyard irrigation more cost-effectively. Company founder Dr. Alan Campbell, whose education and training are in plant ecology and physiology, noted, “The important information for monitoring plant water use is not how much water is in the soil, but how tightly the water is held and how easily the water can be withdrawn from the...