DEVICE FOR DETERMINING SOIL MOISTURE Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC G01N33/24 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: device for determining moisture content includes non-conducting unit, power supply and measuring instrument. At the bottom of the unit there is a recess and at the top the block is covered with a lid with a recess coaxial to the recess of the unit bottom. In the recesses there are contacts which contact with the measuring rod. The container with soil is put on the measuring rod. At that the container from above and below is closed with lids with slits greater than the thickness of the measuring rod.

EFFECT: application of this device enables to determine the soil moisture under field conditions with minimal labor and resources costs and to choose the best version of cultivation technology of field crops.

1 dwg