Grain moisture meter networked to smartphones

A smartphone application, comprising:

• an app operational on a smartphone device;
• the app configured to receive a wireless collection of various crop properties, including a moisture content from a meter unit, the moisture meter having an oscillator operationally connected to each of a respective pair of parallel disposed plate capacitors;
• an electronic controller operationally connected to the oscillator;
• and an interface operationally connected to the electronic controller in communication with the app;
• the app facilitating selection of a crop, collection of data regarding the crop, storing data regarding the crop, and sharing data regarding the crop observed by and received from the moisture meter.

A method of using a moisture sensor, comprising:

• loading a predetermined amount of grain into a chamber;
• querying the predetermined amount of grain with an oscillator operationally connected to at least one plate capacitor, wherein the oscillator is operationally connected to at least one plate capacitor of a pair of parallel disposed plate capacitors;
• and wherein an electronic controller is operationally connected to the oscillator and has an interface operationally connected to the electronic controller, and wherein a smartphone app is operationally connected to the electronic controller;
• calculating the moisture content of the predetermined amount of grain with the electronic controller;
• and
• sharing the moisture content of the predetermined amount of grain with a smartphone via the smartphone app.

A moisture sensor assembly for measuring the moisture content of grains, comprising:

• at least one grain receiving chamber;
• a moisture sensor operationally connected to the at least one grain receiving chamber, the moisture sensor having an oscillator operationally connected to each of a respective pair of parallel disposed plate capacitors;
• an electronic controller operationally connected to the oscillator;
• an interface operationally connected to the electronic controller;
• and a smartphone app operationally connected to the electronic controller;
• a microprocessor operationally connected to the at least one moisture sensor;
• a user interface operationally connected to the microprocessor;
• a smartphone app in operational communication with the microprocessor;
• and
• a transceiver operationally connected to the microprocessor and the smartphone app.