Soil Scout Sensor 4

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GAIN A DEEPER VIEW OF SOIL SCOUT
Soil Scout Sensor is the
official quarterley magazine
for Soil Scout Oy.
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Scout Sensor are those of
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JAMES BAYLIS
Head of Creative Content
james.baylis@soilscout.com
Contributors: BLAIR
FERGUSON, TIM GILBERT,
DR JOHN DEMPSEY & the
Soil Scout team.
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Hello, welcome to
issue four of our
very own Sensor
magazine.
Thank you to
everyone who took the time
to read issue three and gave
us feedback on the articles.
We are, once again,
extremely grateful to some
of the industries leading
personalities for giving up
their precious time to share
some of their practices and
thoughts with us.
At the time of writing we are
preparing to exhibit at BIGGA's
BTME exhibition in Harrogate. We've
therefore focussed this issue's main
content on golf course maintenance.
We’re headlining the issue with
an exclusive interview with Andrew
Johnston, General Manager, Director
of Agronomy at Sentosa Golf Club in
Singapore. Under Johnston's leadership
Sentosa has gained global recognition
for it's sustainability initiatives and
exceptional championship courses.
We also visited the brilliant John
McLoughlin, Course Manager at
Wallasey Golf Club. John reflects on
how he uses his Soil Scout sensors for
peace of mind as he completes his first
year working on a links course.
Continuing the links theme, we also
speak to WINSTONgolf's Greenkeeping
/ Robot and Technology Specialist
Erwan Le Cocq.
Erwan is collecting data from the
skies with a GreenSight drone and
from below the ground with sensors.
He explains to us how data has become
everything at one of Germany's leading
courses.
It's not all about golf though, the
Soil Scout solution is for all sports
turf professionals, agriculture and
landscape too. With this in mind we
round-off this issue with an exclusive
interview with San Francisco Giants
Director of Field Operations Greg
Elliott. Discuss why truffle farming
needs a data-first approach and also
feature our friend and independent
researcher in turfgrass disease and
physiology, Dr John Dempsey.
I hope you enjoy reading the articles
that we have put together for this issue.
If you have any comments, please
contact me on the email address below
or reach out to one of the Soil Scout
team. (More contact details on page
33).
James Baylis
Head of Creative Content
james.baylis@soilscout.com
For more information about
design and publishing call:
07977 481186 or email:
james@plus2media.co.uk
Soil Scout are very proud to support
the fantastic work of BIGGA
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