Selected milestone1984
Pessl Instruments is founded
The company history identifies 1984 as the beginning of Pessl Instruments and its long-running agricultural monitoring work.
COMPANY PROFILE / AGRICULTURE
Pessl Instruments
An Austria-based agricultural sensing company developing METOS weather stations, field dataloggers, connected sensors, imaging tools, and the FieldClimate software environment.
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FOUNDING REFERENCE1984Pessl Instruments
01 / Company profile1context records
10 unique sources · 10 links
Open layer ↓02 / History5context records7 unique sources · 11 links
Open layer ↓03 / Brands1context records9 unique sources · 18 links
Open layer ↓04 / Product series5context records9 unique sources · 20 links
Open layer ↓05 / Technology4context records8 unique sources · 10 links
Open layer ↓manufacturer10
official organization4
research3
standard1
- 01Pessl Instruments10 registered records
- 02University of Minnesota Extension3 registered records
- 03Ag Data Transparent1 registered records
- 04International Organization for Standardization1 registered records
- 05National Institute of Standards and Technology1 registered records
- 06Oklahoma State University Extension1 registered records
01 / Overview
Read the company as a system.
Pessl Instruments presents an agricultural observation ecosystem rather than one weather station. The useful boundary begins with siting and configured sensors, then continues through power, logging, connectivity, account and station identity, FieldClimate processing, models, notifications, integrations, human interpretation, field action, and later verification.
The METOS portfolio spans physical and virtual observations, weather and soil sensing, crop and insect imaging, work tracking, nutrient-measurement contexts, software, subscriptions, and partner integrations. Presence in the portfolio does not mean that every device, account, crop, climate zone, or subscription includes every function.
A local reading or model output remains evidence, not an automatic agronomic instruction. Exposure, installation, calibration, maintenance, missing data, field representativeness, crop stage, model suitability, forecast uncertainty, irrigation-system capability, and local professional judgment remain visible.
02 / Brands
The identities users meet in the market.
Brand records sit between the parent company and individual product series. They preserve ownership context while allowing regional portfolios to be documented separately.
Published company ecosystem / live map1 brand / 5 series / 4 concepts
Parent companyPessl InstrumentsOwnership context, not a product-compatibility claim
03 / Timeline
The lineage behind the name.
Company history / select one milestone01 of 05 / 1984
Selected milestone2005
Field hardware connects with a web platform
Pessl Instruments dates the introduction of the iMETOS identity and FieldClimate web environment to 2005, linking field observations with remote data access.
Selected milestone2014–2019
Remote observation and connectivity broaden
The company timeline records additions across crop imaging, low-power connectivity, insect monitoring, partner integrations, mobile access, virtual weather stations, and later station generations.
Selected milestone2020–2025
FieldClimate expands beyond station charts
Public product and release materials place weather, soil, crop-zone, imagery, model, work-planning, alert, and integration functions within a wider FieldClimate and FarmView context.
Selected milestone2025–2026
METOS 5 becomes the current station generation
Pessl Instruments launched METOS 5 in late 2025 as a distinct later weather-station platform connected to the FieldClimate environment.
04 / Portfolio
From brand architecture to field work.
Weather and soil observation
Configurable stations, dataloggers, sensor interfaces, and field nodes used to observe selected local environmental and root-zone conditions.
- METOS 5
- iMETOS and miniMETOS families
- Weather and soil sensors
- Physical and virtual station contexts
Crop and pest observation
Remote imaging, insect-monitoring, plant-status, and nutrient-measurement contexts that add crop evidence beyond weather measurements.
- CropVIEW
- iSCOUT
- Plant-stress monitoring
- Nutrient and chlorophyll measurement contexts
FieldClimate and decision support
Web and mobile tools for organizing configured devices, observations, charts, models, alerts, crop zones, subscriptions, and supported planning workflows.
- FieldClimate
- FarmView
- Weather and disease-model contexts
- Irrigation and work-planning contexts
Data and service lifecycle
Account, subscription, API, integration, privacy, distributor, and support layers that determine how observations can be accessed and used.
- Web and mobile accounts
- Subscription-dependent modules
- API and partner integrations
- Privacy and service terms
05 / Technology
Learn the concepts behind the portfolio.
These links explain independent technology concepts. They do not assert that every brand, model, or market offering implements every feature.
Environmental sensing
Local weather evidence
Keep sensor exposure, placement, time series, maintenance, communication, missing data, and quality control visible.
Agricultural Weather Stations →Field sensingRoot-zone measurement
Check sensor type, installation, depth, soil contact, calibration, representativeness, maintenance, and crop context.
Soil Moisture Sensing →Water managementEvidence before scheduling
Separate observation, quality review, crop and soil context, model, recommendation, operator decision, application, and verification.
Irrigation Decision Support →Digital agriculture governanceObservation-data responsibility
Define purpose, access, sharing, integrations, security, retention, export, correction, deletion, and account exit.
Farm Data Governance →06 / Evidence
Official company sources.
Company history, brand structure, and portfolio descriptions are original World Farm Tech summaries based on the linked official pages. Manufacturer statements are not treated as independent performance verification.
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Launch of the METOS 5 weather-station generationPessl Instruments · Accessed 2026-07-23
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FarmView field solution within FieldClimatePessl Instruments · Accessed 2026-07-23