Paul Groot
Organic arable farm with livestock, the Netherlands
OnionRed beetParsnipSpinach
For our business, it has genuinely brought a bit of calm. It easily saves a good 70 to 80 percent in labour costs and hours.
Grower stories
Growers who weed with the Maverick
Ten organic and conventional growers in the Netherlands and France on what changed on their farm. In their own words, on their own fields.
Paul Groot, Maatschap Hoeve Vredeveld. Organic arable farm with livestock. With English subtitles.
In their own words
What the Maverick changed
70 to 80%less labour cost and hours, says Paul Groot
2 millionweeds pulled in two weeks at Digni van den Dries
3 to 4 yearspayback, as Jurjen Westers estimates it
1 of 2weeding rigs now stands idle at Timo Steenwijk
Dutch growers
Filmed on the growers' own farms. They speak Dutch; English subtitles switch on automatically.
Jurjen Westers
Westers Organic, family farm, the Netherlands
CarrotOnionSpinachBroccoli
Really for those tiny weeds, which are basically the size of a pinhead, it detects and removes them already.
Timo Steenwijk
Summer flowers in open field, the Netherlands
Asters (Callistephus)
You actually start weeding already when you can't yet get going by hand. So you're basically ahead of the weeds.
Digni van den Dries
Organic grower in Ens, Flevoland, the Netherlands
Carrot
I thought that was completely impossible, until last year, when I saw it driving.
Bert Benedictus
Organic grower in Kraggenburg, Flevoland, the Netherlands
Carrot
After three days it was running so well that we said: we want to keep it running at night.
Hilchard Waalkens
Organic and conventional grower in Lelystad, Flevoland, the Netherlands
CarrotOnion
About 4.5 hectares of carrots, it went over it three times, and with just a little bit of manual labour it was clean.
See it work before you chooseVisit a demo and see the Maverick weed in a real field.
French growers
Four French growers on working with the Maverick, in Brittany and Île-de-France.
Eric SeiteOrganic grower in Finistère. Video in French.
This robot weeds for me day and night, without getting tired and with great precision. Thanks to the Maverick I save time, I cut down on manual work and my field stays clean.
After three passes of the robot over my first field, there are almost no weeds left. A quick pass with 4 people over 2 hectares in one afternoon will be enough, instead of 12 people working on this field for a whole week.
PaulPlouguiel, Brittany
I think the precision really delivers. With 2 to 3 passes, the crop should stay clean without physical effort or trouble finding staff, and so with much less stress for the permanent team.
SylvainPleumeur-Gautier, Brittany
After 25 years of diversified organic market gardening, I no longer have the energy for long hours of hand weeding, nor the heart to ask my valued staff to spend whole weeks on it. The robot arrived a month ago and started its season with 3 passes over our 3 hectares of onions and the leek nursery. All we have left is one finishing pass by hand. I still sometimes spend long moments watching it work, with a mix of wonder and an almost physical relief.
BenoitOrganic market gardener, Île-de-FranceQuotes from the French growers are translated from French.
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