About ducksize
Farm-raised. Engineering-driven. Scaling what works.
From promising tech to real-use
Most agtech doesn’t fail on technology — it fails on real-world fit.
Not fitting different cropping sub-systems.
Not integrating with existing operations and machinery.
Overestimating market readiness.
Underestimating the cost of real-world deployment.
This is where I work with companies, growers and organizations to:
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Understand real farm needs and constraints
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Translate technology into practical, usable concepts
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Position and communicate solutions that work in practice
From strategic advice and requirements gathering to hands-on field support and content creation.
If you’re working on agricultural innovation and want to make it land, reach out via contact@ducksize.com
Vision: From size XL to XS
You eat. You eat thanks to evolution from hunting to man- or animal-powered field farming, to tractors and agriculture machinery. Today, a singel farmer can harvest thousands of kilos per hour. But this kind of machinery is designed for uniform fields and does impact the soil. Ten elephants are less heavy than a sugar beet harvester. Therefore, ample of room for further evolution to create more efficient and ecological friendly approach.
New technology enable 'ducksize' robots
And why would technology trends bypass agriculture? Plant specific 'big data', recognition of diseases by 'artificial intelligence' and 'automated' operations. More can be harvested per square meter, in a more ecological way.
Within this new dimension, technologies enable a friendly disruptive approach by unmanned and ultralight small vehicles ...Let's image for now, vehicles at ducksize. Don't worry if it can do the job, did you every see a duck operating alone?
About the company
Ducksize schakelt agrarische praktijk met technologische innovatie.
Veel agrarische bedrijven verkennen automatisering, robotica en datagedreven oplossingen. Tegelijkertijd ontwikkelen technologiebedrijven nieuwe systemen voor de landbouw.
In de praktijk blijkt het lastig om deze werelden op elkaar aan te laten sluiten. Verschillen in teeltsystemen, bedrijfsvoering en praktische omstandigheden beperken vaak een succesvolle implementatie.
Ducksize overbrugt die kloof — niet vanuit theorie, maar vanuit directe ervaring in de praktijk van het boerenbedrijf, technologieontwikkeling, corporate consultancy en het bredere agrarische ecosysteem.
Why creating the website ducksize.com?
Knowledge sharing. It's that simple.
Being interested in the agriculture robots, the creation of website on some fundamentals is a great way to capture it. And let's for sure not exaggerate: This website can capture some basic and preliminary information about the robots. However, matching the agriculture technology to the specific needs of each unique farm ... that cannot nailed down on a website. If you have such a question, don't hesitate to reach out. I'm curious to understand ongoing challenges on this topic and can forward you to someone in my network (or perhaps I can help you straight-away).
From the author
I'm Corné Rispens, the founder of ducksize in The Netherlands. The website is a result of two big passions and the daily news:
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Agriculture, where I've been raised.
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Technology, where I've my career. See my LinkedIN.
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Daily news, about global population growth and climate impact
Looking to global industry trends, I've no doubt on a significant increase in AgTech and specifically these 'autonomous robotic tractors'. In order to help us, on e.g. weeding but also on activities that we do not foresee yet for this smaller machinery. The smaller machinery will help us to meet growing demand for more and more sustainable food production.
On any questions or suggestion you may have, I would be glad get in contact. You can use the contact form below.
Cheers,
Corné Rispens
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Experience and enthusiasts
Much content on this website is written based on personally working with machines, with 'farming- and engineering hands'. On to of that, a big thanks to all enthusiastic pioneers adopting, introducing or helping to manufacture agriculture robots, for sharing insights, contacts and experiences.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Ducksize is initiated to contribute towards a more sustainable agriculture. Having this objective in mind, the way towards to get to this objective with ducksize is by taking social responsibility. In practice you can think of clients and suppliers with diversity, equity and inclusion in mind. And you can think of adapting the way of transportations: From actions that are taken to have the office location central at a bike-distance, near to public transport - up to an update on the fleet emission from EUR5 to EUR6 (note: because of using the bike often- the fleet driven kilometers are low and this seem to give negative advice to invest in EV, due to current intensive means to produce).
Obviously, the mentions above are only small examples, to show the participation and the mindset of ducksize as a corporate organization. Making investments and embracing corporate social responsibility in daily routine. On any questions, please do contact ducksize or if you’d like to know more about what other Dutch frontrunner companies do about CSR visit ‘MVO Nederland’.
Chambers of Commerce (CoC)
The company ducksize is registered at the Chamber of Commerce in The Netherlands with the reference 77249003.
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How to get in contact?
I would be happy to get in touch! Please use the form below, or contact@ducksize.com