ARA makes a strong impression
On June 28, 2022, Groupe Carré was holding their traditional demo day on their pilot farm in Gouy-sous-Bellone (France). Together with Eco-Phyt Association, the team at Groupe Carré showed their partners and members the trials and results they achieved this year.
One of the 4 workshops of the day was about ARA and its ultra-targeted weed control capacities. Our technology really made a strong impression!
- Read: Innovations, Micro-Irrigation and Targeted Weed Control at the Carré Group
- Read: Exchanges with partners on micro-irrigation and targeted spraying
Here are some excerpts, in case you don't feel like reading the whole stories.
[About ARA] "The goal is to offer efficiency and profitability to farmers, explains David Boucher, agronomy coach for Groupe Carré. In beets, the treatment frequency index (TFI) was divided by 3. This is interesting for the HEV, High Environmental Value certified farms."
Circuits Culture
"The camera captures a 120-cm width and takes 100 images per second, says Sébastien Branche, sales manager for France and Belgium at Ecorobotix. The images are processed to detect crops and weeds. Then the systems takes the decision to spray or not to spray."
Circuits Culture
There's a reduction in the amount of herbicide for all crops that were demonstrated. The most impressive is with onion: we used 95% less product! The Treatment Frequency Index (IFT) was divided by 10.
Terres & Territoires
