Sudzucker, Amazone and FarmDroid test innovative solution for the precise application of crop protection agents in sugar beet cultivation. How can sugar beets be protected as effectively as possible against weeds and pests during cultivation without having to spray pesticides over the entire area-this is the question being addressed in a trial project by Sudzucker AG, the agricultural technology company Amazone and the Danish field robot manufacturer FarmDroid. The goal is to be able to reduce the use of herbicides and insecticides to a minimum in the future by using the highly automated, solarpowered FarmDroid FD20 sowing and weeding robot and a special spot-spraying method. Initial, scientifically monitored trials are currently underway on a test field at Sudzucker's research farm in Kirschgartshausen near Mannheim.
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