Future Farming

10 Years of Autonomous Ups and Downs on a 16,000 Hectares Australian Farm

Beefwood Farms in New South Wales has spent a decade refining autonomous spot‑spraying on its 16,000‑hectare operation. After testing SwarmFarm’s early SwarmBot, the farm settled on an AgXeed 5.115T2 AgBot pulling a 24‑metre boom, while a later SwarmBot‑BOSS combo now runs 24 hours with weather‑based shut‑offs. Spot spraying has slashed herbicide use from roughly 2 L/ha to 0.15 L/ha, cutting chemical costs to about AUD 1.20 per hectare. The farm reports 12,000 hectares treated with minimal human intervention.