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From KVRR via kvrr.com Open house addresses clean food questions. FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – There was a free agricultural open house at the Fargo Air Museum for the public to come in and ask questions about where their food comes from. Crop dusters and farmers were there to explain their...

The Arkansas Agricultural Aviation Association held their 2022 Spring Safety Meeting in Stuttgart and Jonesboro, Arkansas in March of 2022. A special thanks to the FAA FSDOs from Memphis and Little Rock for their participation. They both gave wonderful programs and added a lots of value to the meetings.  ...

The National Agricultural Aviation Association is participating in Ag Day on the Mall with the display of an aerial application helicopter from Helicopter Applicators, Inc. in Gettysburg, Pa. The helicopter will be equipped with a liquid spray system used for application of crop protection materials. The helicopter, along with a...

Adapted from the Daily Democrat Millton B. Watts passed away peacefully at his home in Woodland, CA, in the early hours of March 7, 2022. He was 102.Milton was born October 23, 1919 in Napa, CA to Edna Cookson Watts and Silas Burns Watts. He was one of five brothers,...

Ken Schmitz, owner of Petersburg Flying Service, received a special Airman of the Year award during the recent annual convention of the Nebraska Aviation Trades Association (NATA) in Kearney. Read more on this at https://albionnewsonline.com/2022/03/15/ag-pilot-ken-schmitz-receives-special-award/

Maynard Lund, 88, a longtime Ritzville resident, passed away peacefully due to complications from acute renal failure after a brief illness, at East Adams Rural Hospital in Ritzville,Washington. Maynard went to be with his Lord on February 10th, 2022, reuniting with loved ones who passed before him. His funeral was celebrated...

Growers have watched herbicide-resistant weeds crop up in corn, soybeans and sorghum fields and they are not alone. Dwight Scholl, manager at Tri Rotor Crop Services LLC, Lakin, Kansas, said alfalfa growers are facing pigweed and Palmer amaranth and those weeds are difficult to control. The grower has to look...

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has issued a Safety Advisory Notice that strongly encourages all pilots conducting low-level operations to wear a properly fitted and maintained flight helmet to improve their survivability in the event of an accident.  The advisory comes as the ATSB releases the final report from...

Hunger is the greatest threat to the environment.   Why you may be asking? Because hungry people do desperate things. Because until you have enough to eat, everything else is a small problem.   These points are too often an underappreciated component in the sustainable agriculture debate. Today, a major focus of...

Small islands in the Pacific, and elsewhere are challenged by not having crop duster aircraft. Usually there isn’t the year-round work to warrant keeping specialised equipment on an island. On Norfolk Island, this challenge is being met by use of drones, but not to fertilise crops, on Norfolk Island a...