# ARA at Slovakia: deployment

Canonical ID: `d674a9a8-6987-45c2-841f-cf5881954a95`

Agromacaj A.S., one of Europe's largest onion producers, runs three Ecorobotix ARA plant-by-plant smart sprayers across a 12,000-hectare operation (750 hectares of onions across 27 crops) in Slovakia, starting with two units in 2024 and adding a third in winter 2024. The operation reported cutting herbicide use from 200 to 28.2 litres per hectare, an 86 percent reduction, in the first year. The cleanest named-operator ARA deployment.

## Key facts

- **Operator:** Agromacaj A.S.
- **Fleet:** 3 ARA sprayers
- **Herbicide cut:** ~86% (200 to 28.2 L/ha)

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-07-09_

- **Slug:** ecorobotix-ara-agromacaj-slovakia
- **Status:** scaled
- **Model:** [ARA](/models/ecorobotix-ara.md) (id: `30f8765e-f10a-48ff-b210-035eb96553ef`)
- **Company:** [Ecorobotix](/companies/ecorobotix.md) (id: `7197ce25-2da2-4d41-a33a-9bfbd464977a`)
- **Location:** [Slovakia](/locations/slovakia.md) (id: `7d07f0a1-4f04-4f2e-9267-f57c77883c34`)
- **First seen:** 2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. **12,000 hectares, 3 ARA sprayers, 1 vision: precision farming at Agromacaj A.S.** · https://press.ecorobotix.com/397084-12000-hectares-3-ara-sprayers-1-vision-precision-farming-at-agromacaj-as · 2025-04-14

## Common questions

### What is the ARA deployment at Slovakia?

ARA, built by Ecorobotix, is recorded as a deployment at Slovakia on the DEPLOY registry. Ecorobotix operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates ARA at Slovakia?

Ecorobotix, the manufacturer of ARA, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the ARA deployment at Slovakia go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2024 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the ARA deployment at Slovakia?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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