Our story

From idea to product in 4 years

We pave the way to an autonomous
agriculture world

The goal to free farmers from the need to spend endless monotonous hours in the cabin of their tractor was as important as the goal to free the soil from the ever-increasing weight of modern tractors —between twenty and thirty tons as the products keep chasing productivity parameters. Four founders came together in the summer of 2018 to fulfill these goals – and AgXeed was founded.

AgXeed founders

Joris Hiddema

Co-Founder & CEO

 

Lars Schmitz

Co-Founder & CTO

 

Sander Pop

Co-Founder & COO

 

Rienk Landstra

Co-Founder & CFO/CPO

 

Meet the team

Summer 2018

AgXeed start-up founded

The four founders were convinced that what they were creating would be a revolution for the farming industry—a unique product.

December 2019

First fully functional prototype

After only 20 months our efficient team, able to be open and critical with each other, rolled out their first fully functional prototype.

2019-2021

Two years of intensive testing

For the following 2 years we were testing, collecting customer feedback, improving the machinery, cloud, and software, and showcasing the products to the farming audience.

2022

Fully ready for
commercial sales

AgXeed’s products are now fully ready for commercial sales in different markets. Our journey has just begun – we are working on improving the autonomous solution for farmers everyday.

Autonomous
agriculture
world

Autonomous agriculture world

AgXeed and the people behind the brand are now expanding their footprint in the industry with their rapidly growing global distribution and are considered a leading company in the autonomous agriculture world.

Real farmers’ experience

“For years I’ve been looking for a tractor driver who has such a feeling for our soil and the machines. If colleagues don’t think autonomy is possible, then they haven’t tried it. The AgBot is fun, since it has time to work. It does what I want and takes no breaks.”
Volker Hack
Volker HackVolker Hack - Bio Feldgemüse
“As a robotics student, I’m excited at the speed at which AgXeed is pushing autonomous driving in the field. The AgBot runs very stable and if problems arise, AgXeed solves them immediately.”
Maximillian Hack
Maximillian HackVolker Hack - Bio Feldgemüse
“The AgBot is very accurate and takes long tasks such as cultivating off our hands. The work that the AgBot delivers is high quality, better than average drivers.”
Stan Vievermans
Stan VievermansP. v. Osch Groenteproducties
“I am surprised by the efficiency and soil protection of the AgBot.”
Daniel Röß
Daniel RößVolker Hack - Bio Feldgemüse
“With the smart farm management portal to which the AgBot is linked to, we can plan, execute and monitor the entire working process on the farm. It provides insights of our field processes we never had before, even before we go out into the field"
Peter van Osch
Peter van OschP. v. Osch Groenteproducties
“The AgBot has a simple structure and is very easy to maintain. The AgBot does its job with constant quality. Minimizing the soil impact with a smaller unit with increased workable hours.”
Jens Bothmann
Jens BothmannBothmann Agrar
“We didn’t expect the AgBot to be so easy to maintain: fill up, clean up the air-filter, oil once a week and off we go.”
Christian Kutzner
Christian KutznerBothmann Agrar
“The concept of AgXeed from the preliminary planning until the actual AgBots, convinced us from day one: consistently focusing on the customer. We are on the right track together. An important basis is the consensus on the product strategy: standardization of the mechanical interfaces and above all in communication via ISOBUS/TIM, ensure us a quick entry into the market and future-proof development in this young market segment.” Read more
Stefan Kiefer
Stefan KieferAMAZONE
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