Experience report 02/07/2022
Press release: Ecorobotix and La Coopérative BCO announce conclusive results concerning the ARA sprayer on onion crop in Loiret (France)
ARA’s plant-by-plant spraying technology (Ecorobotix) has achieved very good results in onions at BCO (France)
Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, 31st January 2022. This autumn, Ecorobotix, a start-up offering ultra-high precision farming solutions tested its ARA smart towed sprayer on an onion crop plot in Loiret (France). The results are promising and allow the volume of product used to be reduced, compared to a conventional weed control solution.
The test was carried out by La Coopérative BCO and the Loiret Chamber of Agriculture, as part of the Club Oignon Régional Centre Val de Loire, with financial assistance from the Centre-Val de Loire region.
Two treatment sessions spaced apart by seven days were carried out and have helped to highlight the following:
Therefore, the ARA sprayer offers producers and farmers many advantages over other types of weed control processes: a decrease in the quantity of chemical products used, a high reduction of residue and phytotoxicity on crops and fewer losses.
Visuals of the test with BCO can be downloaded from this link
Official photos of ARA by can be downloaded via this link
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La Coopérative Beauce Champagne Oignon (B.C.O) specialises in producing, packaging and commercialising onions, garlic, shallots and echalion shallots. It brings together 55 producers/members over a surface area of 650 hectares, spread across three production areas: the regions of Centre-Val de Loire (Loiret), Île-de-France and Grand Est (Champagne/Ardennes).
In order to meet the expectations of its clients in terms of products, the new Semaises site, opened in 2018, brings together the most advanced technologies in Europe. Optical sorters and infrared cameras to study onions bulb-by-bulb and to determine the most appropriate use for consumption. A 100% automated flow management.
Therefore, B.C.O relies on its 50 years of experience in production and is a major player in the agro-ecological transition in this sector: preserving soils, restoring biodiversity, plant health and reducing synthetic inputs.
Today, La Coopérative B.C.O has 45 employees, produces 30,000 tons of onions a year and has a storage capacity of 10,000 tons for a long-term supply.
Isabelle Aeschlimann
Communication officer Ecorobotix
media@ecorobotix.com
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