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2024 brought us hundreds of photo submissions, many of which were featured in our AgAv Pics section of AgAir Update, with many others highlighted on our social media channels for the magazine. Take a look at images from our featured photographers in our 2024 photo issue below. Tom Jones Sarah...

The Florida Keys are a dream travel destination for many. Part of keeping the island paradise that stretches over one hundred miles at the top of the tourist destination list in Florida is holding one of the most annoying distractions of any vacation at a minimum - the mosquitos. That...

Attendees and exhibitors at NAAA's 2023 Ag Aviation Expo couldn't have asked for better weather, scenery, education, networking and friendship in Palm Springs, California in early December. The expo hosted nearly 1,300 attendees and exhibitors from around the globe eager to network with friends and peers, educate themselves at 26...

by Ernesto Franzen Santa Vitória Aviação Agrícola started like most operations do: with two friends who partnered up, bought an ag plane, and started working hard. In this case, Enio Strapação De Cezere, an ag pilot graduated in the Escola de Aviação Civil do Aeroclube do Rio Grande do Sul...

In October of 2022, AgAir Update, along with Eagle Vistas, traveled to Saudi Arabia after being invited by Sharq Aerospace Industries, the region's leading provider of aerial application services. The visit was a whirlwind tour of the expansive and developing aerial spraying operations that are the vision of Mansour N....

Scott and Glenn Heinen’s roots are deep in Kansas agriculture. Raised on a 700-acre farm, there was no doubt that the brothers would make it their life’s mission to continue in the field they grew up in. Scott and Glenn, along with their sister, all graduated from Kansas State University,...

by Christophe Druart In April 2021, Madagascar observed an increase in the locust population, “Locusta migratoria capito?, and a locust control intervention program was quickly established. "Preserving the food security of the populations is the main objective,” according to  Catherine Constant, the FAO coordinator on site (Food and Agriculture Organization,...

“This airplane just goes.” That’s the sentiment expressed by long-time Thrush pilot and 510 BEAST operator Tracy Stokes. Although the weather wasn’t cooperating for AgAir Update’s planned evaluation flight of Cascade Aircraft Conversions BEAST, a PT6A-140AG conversion nested inside their proven pressure cowl, Tracy was able to demo the aircraft...

The aerial application industry has always been one to welcome innovation. In the past 100 years, technical advancements have been no less than astounding. This has been especially true in the last 15-20 years. Now, the industry is being introduced to a relatively new technology that solves many aerial application...

Charlotte County, Florida's Sheriff's Office (CCSO) has a history of thinking outside the box to get things done. The County's Sheriff's aviation unit has evolved from a traditional law-enforcement aviation unit to one that now supports the County to provide law enforcement support and aerial firefighting, search and rescue, and...