Healthy Soil.
Smarter Decisions.
Higher Yields.
SoilBuddy is a soil sensor that stays in your field. It measures N, P, K and moisture, and combines them with NASA satellite data to tell you exactly what to do, when, and why.
Soil Intelligence
RESEARCH • DEVELOPMENT • AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
Demo farms with live data
Three farms, two worlds
The same SoilBuddy brain runs on a data-rich corn field in Minnesota and on farms in Syria and Saudi Arabia where most other data is missing.
Add your own field
Mark your field on the map — in about a minute we bring in 45 years of NASA weather for it.
NASA satellite and weather data cover all three countriesIn the US we add more: SSURGO soil maps, crop history, SCAN soil stations and OpenET water use.See what's available where
The US-only layers don't exist in Syria or Saudi Arabia, so the SoilBuddy probe in the field becomes the only source of soil chemistry.
| Layer | 🇺🇸 MN | 🇸🇾 🇸🇦 |
|---|---|---|
| NASA SMAP soil moisture (9 km) | ||
| NASA HLS 30 m & MODIS 250 m greenness | ||
| NASA POWER weather since 1981 | ||
| NASA GPM IMERG rainfall maps | ||
| ISRIC SoilGrids soil map | ||
| USDA soil survey (SSURGO) | ||
| USDA crop history (Cropland Data Layer) | ||
| USDA reported county yields (NASS) | ||
| Field soil chemistry (N, P, K) | ||
| + SoilBuddy probe (N, P, K, moisture, salt)Device in development — its values on the demo fields are simulated |
Why SoilBuddy
Farmers decide every day. The soil can help.
Fertilizer is one of a farm's biggest costs, and water is getting scarcer. Most farmers still guess — or wait weeks for a lab. SoilBuddy sits in the root zone, checks the soil every day, and explains what it means in plain words.
56%
more food the world will need by 2050
WRI
9 km
the square NASA SMAP reads soil moisture over
NASA
45 yrs
of daily NASA weather behind every field
POWER
How it works
Measure the root zone. Understand the field. Act with evidence.
1Measure the root zone
Every day the probe checks your soil — nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, moisture, temperature and salt — and sends you the readings so you can decide.
2Landsat 9 · NASAAdd NASA's view from space
SMAP soil moisture, MODIS and Landsat/Sentinel greenness, and 45 years of NASA weather put your field in context.
3Get clear, simple advice
What to do today, how much, when and why — and what to plant next season. Every number has a source.
What you get as a farmer
- When to water, and how much
- How much fertilizer — in bags, not formulas
- What to plant next, and the best dates
- Ask questions in your own words — English or Arabic
- Every number comes with its source and how sure we are
- Everything in English and Arabic, in plain words
Start with your own field
Free to try. Works anywhere on Earth with NASA data — and gets sharper with a SoilBuddy probe.