Three Retailers Add Robotic Sprayers to Their Fleet

Solinftec has been partnering with retailers in the Corn Belt to deploy 20 Solix robots in 2023. This week, the company announced three retailers have tested the Solix and will expanding their fleets to use the technology across more acres.

Co-Alliance, Carroll Service Company, and Premier Ag have partnered to test Solix robots as a weed detection and herbicide spraying platform. The company says its Sprayer platform used on Solix can reduce early herbicide applied volumes by 95%.

"The three cooperatives are at the forefront of agricultural technology in the United States, and by adopting Solix, they realized the potential for changing the way they price services provided to American producers," says Leonardo Carvalho, Chief Global Strategy Officer. "In the traditional model, American cooperatives purchase agrochemicals directly from companies in the agricultural pesticides industry and offer spraying services along with the product that will be managed on the field.”

He continues, "With the introduction of the Solix robot, the possibility of change arises in how they charge for the service, not based on the volume of agrochemicals applied but on clean acres. This means a combination of factors such as weed-free area, productivity per acre, and the possibility of establishing a fixed value since the choice of the product to be applied by the Solix platform lies with the Cooperative.”

You can read more about the Solinftec platform from Shane Thomas at Upstream Ag Insights.

Here’s what the retailers shared about how the Solix robot and its Sprayer platform can change their business: