Another seeding season is ending. Most of the fleet has now finished its final passes, and the numbers are in.
Seeding
FarmDroid FD20 robots have seeded 5,503 hectares this season. Sugar beet, onion, root crops, red beet, chicory, vegetables, flowers, and quinoa all featured across the seeded area.
It was only 14% of the total area that was seeded in straight lines with seeds placed closer together, used mostly in onion, red beet, quinoa, flowers, spinach, and other vegetables.
The remaining 86% of fields were seeded using precision seeding – placing each seed at a defined GPS position so the robot can return to weed and spray in exactly those rows, even before the plants emerge. Of the precision-seeded fields, 10% used the diamond seeding pattern, seen mostly in sugar beet, onion, chicory, and maize.
| Total hectares seeded in 2026 | 5,503 ha |
| Line seeded | 14% |
| Precision seeded | 86% |
| Diamond pattern (of precision-seeded) | 10% |
One crop worth singling out: maize. This season marked the first full season with FarmDroid’s new, bigger seeding system, built to handle bigger seeds including maize, green beans, and soya beans. In its debut season, maize has already reached 8th place among the most seeded crops with the FD20.
The top crops seeded by FarmDroid in 2026
- Sugar beet
- Onion
- Root crops
- Vegetables
- Red beet
- Chicory
- Flowers
- Maize
- Spinach
- Quinoa
FarmDroid is compatible with more than 100 crops with seed sizes ranging from 0.8 mm to 14 mm. Check our compatible crops list, and contact us if your crop isn’t listed.
Weeding
Seeding is only the first task. Once a field is seeded, we recommend switching FarmDroid to weeding mode immediately. This allows the robot to remove weeds in the same rows, pass after pass, throughout the growing period.
The fleet weeded 22,526 hectares across the season, roughly four times the seeded area. Each robot worked across an average of 3.4 unique fields.
Micro-spraying
14% of all FD20 robots carried out micro-spraying this season, covering 508 hectares. Most of that spraying (78%) happened during mechanical weeding; 22% happened simultaneously with seeding.
Sugar beet dominated the sprayed area at 39%, followed by chicory (36%) and root vegetables (14%). Onion, spinach, maize, and soya bean made up the rest.
This season’s field data shows that +Spray has delivered an average 91% reduction in chemical inputs during spot spraying and 81% during band spraying.
| Total hectares sprayed | 508 ha |
| Sprayed while seeding | 22% |
| Sprayed while weeding | 78% |
| Avg. chemical reduction while spot spraying | 91% |
| Avg. chemical reduction while band spraying | 81% |
If you are planning for next season and would like to see the FD20 in action, find upcoming field days and exhibitions on our website.
Closing the season with 40% fewer support cases
A 40% decrease in support cases makes the 2026 season one of our strongest yet. Together with our local partners, we were there for every challenge that came up, whether a small adjustment or something bigger. Whatever arose, no farmer had to figure it out alone.
That is the 2026 season in numbers. See you next season.