The startup that aims to bring new, more sustainable and autonomous machinery to agriculture.

This emerging company from Bizkaia is currently developing a first prototype of a 'robotractor' that will begin testing on farms in Navarra and La Rioja this year.

Agria Zero Emissions, and the brand with which it will be on the market, Zetrack E-Farming, is a company dedicated to the development, manufacturing and marketing of robotic agricultural machinery. As Carlos Bergera, CEO of the company, explains, “in the world of agriculture we all have in our heads the idea of ​​its emblematic machine, which is the tractor, but currently it is now evolving towards another type of machinery, which is specifically the agricultural robot.” Its objective is to develop, manufacture and market agricultural, electric and autonomous robots and tractors.

Currently, its activity is focused on finishing the first prototype. It is expected that before summer, when the prototype is finalized, the company will begin testing on the farms of some agricultural producers. Bergera says that “in the last two years Zetrack E-Farming has spoken to many agricultural producers who have told them about its initiative, and they are willing to test this machine on their farms.” They are mainly vegetable producers located in the south of Navarra. There are also some winegrowers from La Rioja and Navarra. In addition, some of them have almond or pistachio crops. “All these producers are included in what are called special crops, which are fruits and vegetables. “We are not in the world of cereal,” the CEO clarifies.

Regarding the origin of Zetrack E-Farming, it arose from the initiative of two of its founding partners. On the one hand, Agrimac, a company from Amorebieta-Etxano, which is more than 60 years old, dedicated to manufacturing and marketing machinery, tractors, as well as machinery and dumpers for construction and forklifts. And, on the other, Whitehole, a Family Office of Alejandro Ormazabal, vice president of the Velatia Group, focused on the electricity sector.

Looking to the future, the company's objective is, through this prototype and the tests developed with it, to improve the performance of the machine. Therefore, throughout this year and the next, industrialization will take place; That is, the final design of the product and the preparation of the necessary assembly lines to go to market with the first units at the end of 2025 or beginning of 2026.