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Vegetable and Specialty Crop News posted a story from UGA about the benefits of monitoring soil moisture by preventing overwatering by irrigation. Soil moisture sensors can be fairly inexpensive and can help prevent overirrigation, which can improve input costs. We also have soil moisture available at the UGA Weather Network stations around Georgia. You can read more at https://vscnews.com/soil-moisture-sensors-benefit-vegetable-growers/ and access the UGA weather network at https://www.georgiaweather.net/.