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ProfilerPlus is a soil moisture probe that can provide you real-time access to
your field data, including information on when to irrigate your fields. It is a
platform to get intelligence off of a field and into a grower’s hands.
Do you know how thirsty your plants are?
A new product from Servi-Tech can tell you that and
more about your fields.
ProfilerPlus is a soil moisture probe that can provide
you real-time access to your field data, including
information on when to irrigate your fields. It is a
platform to get intelligence out of a field and into a
grower’s hands.
“Using a hand probe throughout the season is still
a valid way to get a snapshot of your soil moisture in
the field,” said Austin Bontrager, Agronomic Support
Specialist for Servi-Tech. “But a remote monitoring
system like ProfilerPlus is able to constantly keep an
eye on your soil moisture, day and night. ProfilerPlus
can give you up to the hour information and even send
you an alert if it’s time to turn on the pivot.”
Some key benefits include:

• Multiple soil moisture locations in each field

• Quick and simple installation

• Three-year lease with no equipment to own
“In this market and with this weather pattern, a
grower needs every advantage they can get their
hands on,” said Craig Cunningham, Chief Technology
Officer. “Without ProfilerPlus, you’re flying with one
eye blind.”
While other companies have moisture probes on
the market, they can be difficult to install and hard to
glean data off of.
ProfilerPlus solves these problems.
“We have improved the technology, added new
functions and set a new price point for the industry,”
Cunningham said. “Our innovative portal technology
brings a new level of insight by allowing you to
customize what you need to see for your operation and
your field.”
Bontrager added: “It’s a whole new system and a
whole way of getting that soil moisture reading out of
the field and to the grower.”
When investing in ProfilerPlus, a grower will also get
access to an online portal where their information is
stored and can be viewed. A grower can view rain and
irrigation events; soil temperature; the soil moisture
profile in percent field capacity, inches depleted, and
plant available water; and much more.
Other key features of ProfilerPlus include:

• Open sensor platform that supports future

sensor types and uses (wireless rain bucket,

pivot location)

• Long range wireless technology for flexible

sensor placement

• Evapo-transpiration, % field capacity, plant

available water, and soil moisture depletion

all displayed on stepspro.com

• Soil moisture data delivered every 30 minutes

to the stepspro.com website and mobile app

• Integration with CropView (aerial imagery)

on stepspro.com
Having a soil moisture monitoring system in your
field means you know exactly how much water you’re
using. The system can catch and alert a grower to
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