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Agricultural sensors play a vital role in smart farming by assisting farmers in optimizing and monitoring crops, enabling them to respond to dynamically changing environmental conditions. These sensors are instrumental in predicting and addressing challenges arising from global temperature changes that may render the environment unsuitable for crops. Precision agriculture, facilitated by agricultural sensors, offers a wide range of benefits, including weather forecasts, real-time farm tracking, and optimized field requirements.
The main types of agriculture sensors include humidity sensors, electrochemical sensors, mechanical sensors, optical sensors, pressure sensors, water sensors, soil sensors, and location sensors. Humidity sensors, for example, are utilized to measure the moisture and humidity ratio of land. There are four main types of humidity sensors such as conductive humidity sensors, thermal conductivity sensors, optic hygrometers, and oscillating hygrometers. These sensors find applications in various industries such as manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, packaging, healthcare, electronics, and others. In agriculture, they are used for soil monitoring, yield mapping and monitoring, disease detection and control, weed mapping, and various other applications.
Note that the outlook for this market is being affected by rapid changes in trade relations and tariffs globally. The report will be updated prior to delivery to reflect the latest status, including revised forecasts and quantified impact analysis. The report's Recommendations and Conclusions sections will be updated to give strategies for entities dealing with the fast-moving international environment.
Tariffs are influencing the agriculture sensor market by raising costs for imported humidity, electrochemical, optical, pressure, and soil sensors essential for precision farming. Soil monitoring, yield mapping, and disease detection applications in regions such as Asia-Pacific, Europe, and North America are most affected due to reliance on imported sensor technology. However, tariffs are promoting local sensor assembly, regional sourcing of components, and development of cost-efficient smart agriculture solutions, strengthening supply chain resilience and enabling broader adoption of precision farming technologies.
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The agriculture sensor market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $2.37 billion in 2025 to $2.74 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.4%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to increasing use of soil and environmental sensors, early adoption in precision farming, growth in crop yield monitoring, initial integration in irrigation management, expansion in resource efficiency monitoring.
The agriculture sensor market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $4.78 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.9%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to rising adoption of AI-based crop management, deployment of connected farm analytics, expansion of automated fertilization and irrigation systems, integration with smart farm platforms, growth in sustainability and environmental monitoring. Major trends in the forecast period include deployment of AI-powered agriculture sensor systems, integration of real-time crop monitoring platforms, adoption of IoT-enabled precision farming solutions, expansion of automated irrigation and fertilization systems, implementation of smart soil and environmental sensors.
The growth of the agriculture sensor market is expected to be driven by the increasing adoption of smart farming practices in the years to come. Agriculture sensors find extensive use in smart farming techniques, facilitating a range of on-field activities like weather forecasting, monitoring leaf wetness and trunk diameter, and the precise application of pesticides and insecticides. The notable advantages of these sensors over conventional technologies, including easy installation, cost-effectiveness, reduced environmental pollution, and remote control capabilities, have contributed to their widespread utilization in agricultural applications. A study conducted by the McKinsey Global Institute predicts that smart farming practices could generate economic benefits of up to $11 trillion globally by 2025, further underlining the accelerated adoption of smart farming practices within agricultural communities as a driving force for the agricultural sensor market's growth.
Major companies operating in the agriculture sensor market are prioritizing the development of innovative solutions such as automated soil sensor probes featuring advanced sensing technologies to support precision farming and enhance soil management practices. Automated soil sensor probes are intelligent agricultural tools equipped with advanced sensors that monitor critical soil attributes, including compaction, nutrient levels, organic matter, water storage, and carbon content, delivering high-resolution data to assist farmers in making informed decisions. For instance, in July 2024, Veris Technologies, a US-based producer of sensors and controls for precision agriculture, introduced the CoreScan automated soil sensor probe. This advanced probe provides comprehensive insights into soil conditions by creating high-definition soil maps, enabling farmers to detect underlying yield constraints and improve soil health management. This launch represents a major step forward in smart farming technology, promoting more sustainable and data-driven agricultural practices globally.
In September 2024, CropX, an Israel-based provider of cloud-based farm management software solutions, acquired EnGeniousAg for an undisclosed sum. This acquisition will enable EnGeniousAg's technology to offer substantial cost savings and operational efficiencies for farmers and agribusinesses using the CropX platform. By enabling simple and precise in-field nitrogen measurements combined with data-driven agronomic recommendations, CropX's integrated system of sensors and analytics will introduce a powerful and practical approach to improving crop nitrogen use efficiency. EnGeniousAg is a US-based firm that specializes in nitrogen sensing technology.
Major companies operating in the agriculture sensor market are Libelium Comunicaciones Distribuidas S.L., Auroras, Acuity Agriculture, Pycno, AgSmarts Inc., edyn Limited, Acclima Inc., CAIPOS GmbH, Vegetronix Inc., Sentek Pty Ltd., AquaSpy Inc., CropX, Ag Leader Technology, Sol Chip Ltd., Sentera LLC, dol-sensors A/S, Glana Sensors AB, Monnit Corporation, Sensoterra, Phytech Ltd., Stellapps Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Mastiline Electronics, CanopyBoulder, Motorleaf Inc., Spensa Technologies Inc., FieldIn, Saturas Ltd., Farmobile LLC, Grassometer, Farmers Edge Inc., Advanced Animal Diagnostics Inc., Granular Inc., Trace Genomics, Arable Labs Inc., CropMetrics LLC, AgriData Inc.
North America was the largest region in the agriculture sensor market in 2025. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the agriculture sensor market share during the forecast period. The regions covered in the agriculture sensor market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
The countries covered in the agriculture sensor market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.
The agriculture sensor market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing agriculture sensor services such as air temperature, soil temperature at various depths, rainfall, leaf wetness, chlorophyll, wind speed, dew point temperature, wind direction. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The agriculture sensor market also includes GPS, accelerometers, smart cameras, and pH sensors which are used in providing agriculture sensor services. Values in this market are 'factory gate' values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
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