A hundred years ago, weather vanes attached to barn roofs and rain gauges stuck in the ground were the limit to weather forecasting on the average farm. The world has come a long way since then.
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Micro-climate tools pop up on farms
From the Weather Outlook series
An Arable researcher installs a Mark 2 micro-climate station in a cornfield. Such systems are currently used largely by seed companies and farmers producing high-value crops.
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