30 November, 2023Apply in an ultra-localised manner your herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, insecticides and fertilizers. That is what ARA, a high-precision sprayer developed by Ecorobotix, will allow you to do. This Swiss agtech company was founded to radically change the face of agriculture and increase vegetable growers’ and farmers’ profitability while respecting the environment. ARA will allow you to reduce the use of chemicals, decrease energy consumption and limit the impact on your soil.
ARA will reduce the use of phytosanitary products by 70% to 95% and increase crop yields by reducing phytotoxicity, not to mention the reduction of manual labor.
In total, 13 algorithms (treatments for different crops) are actually available including row crops, vegetable crops and grassland and other algorithms will be added in 2024.
“ The size of ARA is perfect for our vegetable operations. We didn’t need to do anything but to go to the fields, fill the tanks, and start spraying. We are impressed with its speed. Being able to do such precise spraying at 4.7 miles/hour is just amazing! I’m already recommending some other farmers in the province to purchase their own ARA. ”
Martin Van Winden de Ferme Hotte & Van Winden 1
“We are equally excited to begin with ARA. We will focus on using it in our onion and lettuce fields first, then carrots, and other crops that we grow. We are very happy how the machine is simple to use, rapid, and how the cameras can detect very small weeds.”
Guillaume Cloutier, Delfland 1
