NPPL’s latest project has kicked off in February 2025 and running for several weeks already! For this project, they collected a series of robots for farmers to try out. With a growing interest in automation, NPPL received a flood of applications from farmers eager to explore the potential of robotics in agriculture. One of which is farmer Marijn Vermuë who will be working with the AgBot 5.115T2 for this year.
Marijn Vermuë of Vermuë Akkerbouw BV in Werkendam (the Netherlands) has been incorporating some precision farming practices for a few years now. Their 160 hectares need proper care and customization, since the toughness of the soil varies a lot within the pastures. Since 2020 he has been making task maps based on soil scans, to adjust the distance of planting potatoes based on the soil quality. Besides, he also bases the dosing of soil herbicides in his onion fields on the soil quality, which results in less herbicide usage and less damage to the onions.
This year, Vermuë will be using the AgBot for a variety of tasks. The first one of which was power harrowing the field meant for red onion cultivation. Marijn was enthusiastic, since the ‘incredibly low footprint’ of the AgBot gave him the opportunity to prepare the soil in the field this early already even though it was still slightly wet. An operation he would have skipped with a regular tractor because of this.
Stay tuned to see more of Marijn’s experience with the AgBot. On www.proeftuinprecisielandbouw.nl you can read the articles by NPPL, but of course we will share the information too!
