The Oregon State University Extension Service in Tillamook County welcomes the public to participate in the 2025 Master Gardener hands-on soil moisture sensor short courses on Thursday, November 5 and Friday, November 6. The deadline to submit your application for soil moisture sensor event is October 19, 2026. If selected, you will receive $324 value soil moisture sensors and hands-on training to install and remove sensors at your farm! Seats are limited for getting selected, so hurry and register today at https://beav.es/sen.
The soil moisture sensor short courses will take place at 4506 3rd Street, Tillamook in OSU Extension Service room 105 from 10am – 1pm both days.
The workshop will discuss how soil moisture sensors can benefit your farm for irrigation scheduling and conserve water. Short courses will demonstrate how to install and remove the soil moisture sensors at your farm and provide the manual sensor reader and learn how to collect and interpret sensor data.
The 2 day in-person short courses will be available for $50 for the first participant from a farm and $20 for each additional participant from the same farm. For scholarship information, contact Shannon Rauter at 503-468-3981 or shannon.rauter@oregonstate.edu. Registration is currently open and applications are being reviewed.
Find out more about the courses and apply here: https://beav.es/sen Or call OSU Extension in Tillamook County at 503-842-3433 for more details.
ccommodation requests related should be made by 10/26/26 to Shannon Rauter at 503-468-3981 or shannon.rauter@oregonstate.edu.
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