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Mid-Continent founder and first NAAA President Dick Reade passes away

It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Mid-Continent owner, president, and dear...

Gaylon Stamps Receives Honorary Award

The Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award is the most prestigious award the FAA issues to pilots...

NAAA President Mark Kimmel Featured in Rice Farming Celebrating 100 Years of Ag Aviation

Crop dusting had its roots in 1921 when Lt. John A. Macready piloted a modified Curtis JN-6 Super...

Georgia Agricultural Aviation Association President Frank Bledsoe Passes Away

Robert Franklin “Frank” Bledsoe, 73, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, April 3, 2021,...

Dorothy Smith Kimmel — 1932-2021

Dorothy Mae Smith Kimmel was born on October 15, 1932 in the community of Skuna Bottom,...

AIR TRACTOR FEATURED IN EP. 4 OF “STRAIGHT AND LEVEL” TV SERIES

On March 18, the famous Texas aircraft manufacturer Air Tractor, was showcased in the fourth...

Salt Lake City to Use USAF for Mosquito Control

Salt Lake City, Utah authorities this week announced a public consultation in relation to use of...

Women in Ag Aviation

Last month, there was a celebration of “International Women’s Day”. It made me think about how far...

NAAHOF Inductee Spotlight

MABRY I. ANDERSON — Clarksdale, Mississippi Inducted 1992 Co-founder of Mississippi Valley...

Aerial pesticide spraying in Maine is necessary and safe

For the better part of the last 25 years I have been working with foresters and others for whom...

Ryan Dietrich appreciates his role in ag community

Farming and flying are a way of life for Ryan Dietrich. As the pilot for SkyTractors, Dietrich...

Turbine Conversions and Zanoni Equipamentos Atomizer Testing at the Pesticide Application Technology Lab, University of Nebraska North Platte

by Ann Hatfield – Grahek Turbine Conversions, Ltd (TCL) partnered with Zanoni Equipamentos...

FAA’s 2020 General Aviation Survey – Currently Underway

The FAA’s 43rd annual General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey (GA Survey) is now underway,...

Arkansas State Plant Board Votes to Change Current Dicamba Rule

he Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s State Plant Board held a regularly scheduled board meeting...

Bill seeks to ban the use of aerial herbicides in Maine forests

Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, a logger and the bill’s sponsor, said aerial...

Help from above for tree fruit growers

Red Beierle descends below the expansive Columbia Basin horizon to the tips of the apple trees,...

NAAHOF Inductee SPOTLIGHT — Dick Reade

Richard “Dick” Reade INDUCTED—1992 Hayti, MO 1948 — first ag pilot to apply toxaphene spray. 1949...

NTSB Final Report 2020

by Bill Lavender During the first months of each year, AgAir Update publishes the previous year’s...

LARRY JAMES LANDRY, SR. 1942 – 2021

It is with deep sadness that the Mid-Continent family shares the passing of Larry Landry on...

Ag Pilot Emily Daniels featured in Cockpits and Cocktails Podcast

Join us on this conversation with Emily Daniel @AgPilotChick! We find out how she got into being...

America’s Best Shops – 1

When you’re passionate about businesses, planning a multipurpose shop takes on new...

Passing the Torch

Throughout the years, I’ve worked with many customers and consider them like family. When I...

General Assembly to form an aviation caucus for 2021 session

The Colorado Aviation Business Association announced Wednesday the formation of a General Aviation...

Local pilot honored with Master Pilot Award by FAA

MATTOON — Local pilot Rick Reed was recently honored by the Federal Aviation Administration with...

Those Were the Days

I had an acquaintance contact me awhile ago and asked if he could send me something. “Sure,” I...

Aerial seeding completed in Badger Fire area

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) —Work is being done to grow back some of what was lost on the land...

Free FAA Approved Aviation Training Day / Virtual IA Renewal Series on March 19, 20 & 27, 2021

Presented by Concorde Battery Corporation, FAASTeam, & Westchester Aircraft Maintenance...

Idaho pesticide rule changes pass Senate Agriculture Affairs committee

After many stakeholder meetings and long Zoom discussions among farmworker advocates, aerial...

Jack Colley – Father of the Colley Super Stearman

John W. (Jack) Colley Clarkston, Washington. Inducted —1993 Active in aerial application from...

Meet NAAA’s 2021 Leadership Team

The National Agricultural Aviation Association is pleased to announce its 2021 officer team, led...

20 years ago – Is there a 660 in your future?

SOUTHEASTERN U.S. — Could there be an Ayres 660 Thrush in your future? Is it possible that you,...

Hall of Fame—Jimmy and Aubry Finklea

INDUCTEE(s): Jimmy and Aubry Finklea YEAR INDUCTED: 1985 Jimmy and Aubry Finklea founded and...

EOS, A Specialty PT6A Engine Shop

Engine Overhaul Services (EOS), strategically headquartered in the Miami suburb of Sweetwater,...

20 Years Ago – Turbine Braves – Two of a Kind

The following article is part of a regular column printed in AgAir Update that looks back 20...

Ronnie Lee Is 2020 Cotton Achievement Award Recipient

Ronnie Lee has been described as an all-in type of person. But to be all in on so many different...

Agricultural pilots seek firefighting role

A group of agricultural pilots in Napa Valley, Calif., met this week to start talks about how to...

Citizens of the Year: Hoffners Honored For Dedication To Their Adopted Hometown

For Jake and Sandy Hoffner, there’s no place like home — even if it’s a relatively new home....

Gypsy moth still aflutter in the minds of Tiny residents

Disappointed Tiny residents will try to make the best of the situation when it comes to handling...

Regular Use of Chlorpyrifos Prohibited After Dec. 31

ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Department of Agriculture is reminding farmers and pesticide...

Oregon Dept. of Agriculture phasing out most uses of insecticide by end of 2023

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Agriculture filed administrative rules with...

Driftless herbicide application made for USDA; aerial applicator needs a thank you, too!

WAGONHAMMER AERIAL APPLICATION PROJECT COMPLETE The Wagonhammer Aerial Herbicide Application...

Passing of Mr. Lynn “Chief” Gibson

M. Lynn ”Chief” Gibson left on his final flight Sunday morning, November 15, 2020, at...

Fly-By Farming

Combining expert skill with new technology allows for precision aerial application. As a...

EPA Warns Against Drones to Spray Disinfectants and Fight COVID-19

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warns against the use of drones, fogging,...

No-fly zone ordinance to affect Hoxie farmers

HOXIE, Ark. (KAIT) – The Hoxie City Council passed an ordinance instituting a “no-fly zone”...

Dropping Anchor – Mike Rivenbark at the helm of Moore’s Aerial Applicators

Sometimes, things are just meant to be. Such is the case with Mike Rivenbark, owner and pilot of...

EPA releases interim decisions on paraquat, pyrethroids

The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking comments on a proposed interim registration review...

Crop dusting still plays important role

It may seem like a profession from another era, but crop dusting remains an important job in 2020....

Mosquito spike following hurricanes Laura, Delta in LA lead to military aerial spray mission

BATON ROUGE – Recent heavy rain from Hurricanes Laura and Delta have created large areas...

Pilot Report: Mosquito Mashers!

On September 27, 2019, Warbird Digest was invited to fly with Allen Chorman & Son on a...

Aerial Seeding Can Be an Effective Cover Crop Seeding Method

A Wisconsin farmer and Certified Crop Advisor speaks during the online National Cover Crop Summit:...

Harvest Time

EASTON — With more rain this summer than in previous years, the current harvest season is proving...

Great Plains Spraying, Inc: Colby, KS

Colby, a small nondescript town in Northwestern Kansas is nestled smack dab in the middle of the...

A Look At The Huff Daland Duster – Delta’s First Aircraft

Before becoming a powerhouse in commercial aviation, Delta Air Lines began operations as a...

Survey of Ground and Aerial Herbicide Application Practices in Arkansas Agronomic Crops

Herbicides are the most extensively used pesticide applied to agronomic crops in the United...

Agriculture Department Proposes New Rule On Pesticide Application In Idaho

The rules that companies must follow when spraying pesticides in Idaho underwent review this...

Cover crop Air Tractors to work Tuesday in Holmes

The Holmes Soil and Water Conservation District will conduct its aerial cover crop program...

Police Jury Launches Air Attack

On Thursday night, the Acadia Parish Police Jury launched aerial application for mosquito control....

More farmers are using cover crops to keep pollutants out of lakes and streams

Crop-dusting planes were in the skies over Allegan and Ottawa counties earlier this week,...

Cover crops can help damaged fields

Many fields have been ravaged by adverse weather this year in Iowa. On top of drought and hail, a...

Aerial Applicator Business Flying High

Of course David Eby has a pair of gold-framed aviators dangling from the collar of his T-shirt....

Industry Mourns Tragic Deaths of Zoren and Joan O’Brien

Zoren O’Brien of Iowa, Louisiana, born in Liberty, TX on July 26, 1939, was tragically taken from...

The Right Tools

Reg Michaud Aviation continues half a century of northern California aerial application

2020 Mosquito Program Wraps Up

An annual mosquito-sampling program in Accabonac Harbor concluded for the season on Friday, and...

Passing of John “Wes” Addison

The Arkansas Agricultural Aviation Association would like to extend our deepest condolences to the...

Hughes County Commission Approves Changes To Wind Tower Siting Requirements

The Hughes County Commission, taking pages from Hyde County, has amended siting requirements for...

Planning for 2020 Cover Crops

With the harvest season fast approaching, Peoples Company Land Managers are working to finalize...

Don’t call aerial crop specialists ‘crop dusters’

Last August, Bruce Potter, plant pathologist at the Southwest Research and Outreach Center office...

Duke pauses aerial spray program following complaints

Angela Faye Martin’s husband Brent had already left the house to scout a future hike for the guide...

Vote Trump Plane Spotted Near Ballantine, Montana

Look up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane. A Trump plane to be precise. We got a...

Listen: Emily Daniel – Ag Pilot on the Shark Farmer Podcast

Take a listen to this podcast featuring Emily Daniel, an Ag pilot from New Jersey in the most...

Operating High and Hot

The Eastern Plains of Colorado, divided by the South Platte River and Arkansas River valleys and...

FAA Proposes Airworthiness Directive for All Air Tractor Models

The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Air Tractor Inc. (Air...

Farm Babe: BeeProtected gets stung by labeling farmers as ‘having a low level of professionalism’

Do you ever get an email in your inbox and think: “Who the heck wrote this, and what were they...

Discovery about spray droplets holds promise

It’s not every day when a scientific discovery published in the Physical Review Letters has...

Webbers Falls Community Honors Man Who Died In Plane Crash

While it’s sometimes hard for funerals to measure up to the treasured memories, that would not...

Weed & Pest will fight cheatgrass next month

JACKSON, Wyo. — Teton County Weed and Pest District (TCWP) is initiating its “Cheatgrass...

Environmentalists File Complaint Over Massachusetts’ Aerial Pesticide Spraying

Environmentalists filed a complaint Wednesday with state’s inspector general over aerial...

Essential Workers in a Pandemic Era

REGINA’s Perspective by Regina Farmer | regina.farmer@chem-man.com Wow! 2020 will definitely be a...

VIDEO: Misconceptions of Chemigations

Take a look as Nebraska’s Ryan Wells speaks on the misconceptions of the Chemigation of...

July 11 memorial service set for Culpeper crop duster Gene Kritter, killed in N.C. crash

A veteran Culpeper County crop duster died June 18 when the helicopter he was piloting struck a...

Idaho Dept. of Ag seeking stakeholder comment on pesticide and chemigation rule changes

BOISE — The Idaho State Department of Agriculture is seeking public comment from the agriculture...

Man facing charges after pointing firearm at crop duster

CROOKSTON, Minn. (Valley News Live)– One man is facing charges after pointing a firearm at a...

Tech Keeps Seed Production Field Employees Safe

Tassel time is go time for seed production field crews and fungicide application. For Joel Meyer...

Farr Air is marking 20 years serving the southeast

Farr Air opened its doors in 2000, flying a Weatherly 620B aircraft out of Lewvan. In an...

Corn School: Ground vs Aerial Fungicide Application

Should you go ground or air? That’s the question many growers struggle with as they try to...

VIDEO: Farm Air California

Check out this great video from AOPA on Farm Air in California.

Concerned About Food Security? Fund the FAA

There are many paradigm-shifting ways the COVID-19 crisis has impacted our nation. Among them is a...

The battle against mosquitoes set to begin in Foxboro, rest of Norfolk County

Not to add more worry in these coronavirus times, but treating wetlands to kill mosquitoes to...

AgAir Update and Dr. Stan Musick release COVID-19 Poster for Ag Aviation

In cooperation with Dr. Stan Musick, a regular columnist for AgAir Update, we have developed this...

Appalachian Power Announces Aerial Maintenance Plans

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Beginning on or about June 1, Appalachian Power will maintain the rights of...

UAS Operators Cautioned to Not Disrupt Food Supply Chain During COVID-19 Pandemic by Interfering with Low-Flying Ag Aircraft

ALEXANDRIA, VA – April 2, 2020 – As the nation enters the upcoming growing season in the midst of...

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