FarmDroid has been awarded a gold medal and the Dr Alban Davies Trophy at the Royal Welsh show.

Nick Rider

The award was presented to Opico territory manager, Nick Rider last month and was for a 'new machine, implement or device which is likely to be of most benefit to Welsh farming’.
          
James Woolway, managing director of Opico which imports and distributes FarmDroid in the UK, said, “We couldn’t be more proud that FarmDroid has been recognised by the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society and has been presented with this prestigious award. It is a unique, fully autonomous solar powered robot, capable of precision drilling and weeding a wide variety of agricultural and horticultural crops."

He continued, “Whilst it’s early days for Opico, we’re coming to the UK market with a product that is already successfully tried and tested, with over 250 machines in use around Europe. The timing couldn’t be better with rising energy costs, labour issues and environmental factors at the forefront of UK farmers’ minds, as FarmDroid can provide solutions to many of these problems.

"Opico has the distribution network, parts and technical teams to support FarmDroid throughout Wales and the whole of the UK and this award endorses the ground-breaking product we have committed to.”  

You can read more about FarmDroid in an article by Service Dealer's agricultural machinery editor, Martin Rickatson, in the upcoming September / October 2022 edition of the magazine.