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A rural Missouri man is accused of attempted murder and other violent felony crimes for allegedly shooting a midair crop duster airplane with a high-powered rifle after he had complained about pilots flying near his property, according to court records. Donald V. Bates Jr., 62, was charged Friday in Caldwell...

Russell Anthony “Rusty” Johnson, age 54, of Lake Village, died July 26, 2022, doing what he loved. He was born June 23, 1968, in Greenville MS, to his parents Charles Dickens Johnson and Sarah Eunice Tipton Johnson. He was a Veteran of the United States Coast Guard where he served...

One industry that could always take more help is ag aviation. There are currently 3,300 ag aviators across the United States that work to cover 128 million acres of agricultural land. This isn’t including forest land and other areas within their job description. Jim Perrin leads the National Agricultural Aviation...

From Iowa Business Radio Network Agricultural aviators have gotten off to a rocky start nationwide this year between weather and fuel prices. As the year continues to move on, it’s a busy time for these aviators. But how are the weather and fuel prices continuing to affect those agricultural aviators?...

Gavin Morse tragically lost his life in an agricultural aviation accident on July 2, 2022.  A memorial service will be held on July 16th, 2022 at 2:00 pm at his home base of GEM Air Inc., 898 W Lind-Warden Rd., Warden, WA 98857. If you are needing a hotel room, a...

“Whatever additional benefits are bestowed upon C-PAASS ag aviators, the program will undoubtedly demonstrate agricultural aviation’s professionalism and positive public image to our customers, regulators and the public we help feed, clothe and protect.”   As the agricultural aviation industry moves from its first century into its second, it faces...

Frisco- Clemmie Jack Cobb, age 82, of Plains, Texas, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2022, in Frisco, Texas. He was born July 1, 1939, in Brownfield, Texas, to Louise (Mobley) and Paul Cobb. Jack married the love of his life, Mary Janelle Parks, in Plains, Texas on July 7, 1962,...

By Tom Polansek via Yahoo! Finance CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. farmers have cut back on using common weedkillers, hunted for substitutes to popular fungicides and changed planting plans over persistent shortages of agricultural chemicals that threaten to trim harvests. Spraying smaller volumes of herbicides and turning to less-effective fungicides increase...

via Washington Post Mormon crickets are not new to Oregon. Native to western North America, their name dates back to the 1800s, when they ruined the fields of Mormon settlers in Utah. But amidst drought and warming temperatures — conditions favored by the insects — outbreaks across the West have...

John Wesley Kelley March 25, 1940 – June 15, 2022 John Wesley (J.W.) Kelley, 82, of Bay City, Texas, passed away surrounded by his family on Wednes-day, June 15, 2022. He was born on March 25, 1940, in Greenland, Arkansas. J.W. grew up in Arkansas. In 1960, he moved to...