Regina's Perspective

In my earlier years (in the days of DOS operating systems), I had a family with a small child and couldn’t travel too far away. Since I’m from Arkansas, I focused my business on the nearby states of Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. Later, when we started going to the...

I enjoy teaching CE classes at conventions. It helps me feel like I'm giving a service to the industry that might be beneficial. One of the things that I often relay is that you need to give your customers information that will help them run their business and services that...

Chem-Man celebrates 30 years! I can’t believe it’s been thirty years since “Chem-Man” was born! The year 1992 seems like yesterday when my parents built me a tiny office in their department store where I wrote custom programs in the good ole days of ‘DOS.’ I had written hundreds of...

If anyone knows me, they know that I’m a “people person”. I love to hear people’s stories and learn about their lives. In this industry, there are many stories to tell especially among the ole timers (although I’m realizing “ole timers’ are not that old anymore!). I’ve always enjoyed getting...

Growing Use of API Technology in the Industry Our industry is changing so much. The days of paper maps and thumb drives are fading away as new online GPS systems and API technology takes over. What is an API? It stands for “application programming interface” which allows apps to send...

It’s so exciting to celebrate the 100th year of agricultural aviation this year. Recently I came across an older article written by Jim Marvin (2005) from “The Sentinel.” He wrote “When the first ‘cropduster’ dusted a batch of Catalpa sphinx moths on Aug. 31, 1921, from a World War I...

It’s so exciting to celebrate the 100th year of agricultural aviation this year. Recently I came across an older article written by Jim Marvin (2005) from “The Sentinel.” He wrote “When the first ‘cropduster’ dusted a batch of Catalpa sphinx moths on Aug. 31, 1921, from a World War I...

Recently I saw a post on Facebook asking who the pilot was that was featured in the movie “The Grace of Jake”. Terry Haynes answered stating that it was him. I thought this was rather fascinating and of course I Googled it and reviewed the trailer. I thought it was...