COVER STORY IN-DEPTH DATA New carbon monitoring system digs deep into soil health BY MELINDA WALDROP MANAGING EDITOR Agrology's carbon monitoring system uses custom-built sensors (top right) to help growers track and quantify soil carbon in real time. Photos courtesy of Agrology. A 8 SPRING 2023 tool originally developed to monitor wildfire smoke has the potential to help farmers improve soil health, combat climate change, and even predict the weather. Organic grower Braga Fresh and predictive agriculture company Agrology have partnered on a new regenerative agriculture technology initiative to track and quantify soil carbon in real time. The Agrology arbiter carbon monitoring system uses machine learning to interpret data to monitor soil carbon flux and soil microbiome health. It issues