United States

On July 22, 2021 Missouri State Senator Jason Bean presented a resolution passed by the Missouri Senate honoring 100 years of aerial application in Missouri, as well as acknowledging Mid-Continent Aircraft as a leader in the industry ahead of the 100th Anniversary of Ag Aviation on August 3, 2021.  ...

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The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is preparing to treat eight sites in Houston, Wabasha, and Winona counties to slow the spread of a gypsy moth. Officials will conduct the aerial treatment June 28-30, beginning as early as 6:30 a.m. each morning and continuing throughout the day. The dates are...

LUBBOCK COUNTY, Texas (KCBD) - Small cities across the South Plains are joining forces for aerial mosquito spraying, to combat the threat of disease following recent rainfall. “This coalition is such a blessing for many numerous cities who are very small and are looking for cost effective ways in which...

WABASH, Ind. (WANE) – The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced that aerial treatments to disrupt the mating process of gypsy moth in Adams and Wabash counties were completed Wednesday. “This year’s mating disruption treatments were done with an aerial application of SPLAT GM-Organic. SPLAT is a liquid that...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is preparing to treat eight sites in Houston, Wabasha, and Winona counties to slow the spread of a gypsy moth. Officials will conduct the aerial treatment June 28-30, beginning as early as 6:30 a.m. each morning and continuing throughout the day. The dates are...

Governor Janet Mills has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited the aerial spraying of glyphosate and other synthetic herbicides in forestry applications. Backed by health and environmental groups, the bill was strongly opposed by the forest products industry. Glyphosate is the main chemical in synthetic herbicides that can be...

NEWPORT, Ark. (KAIT) - After at least three crop-duster crashes in the last month with one deadly, Region 8 News investigates safety measures for those pilots taking to the skies. Agricultural pilot Bubba Bell says that an accident can happen at any time, even when a pilot is doing everything they...

INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) – Aerial treatments to disrupt the mating process of gypsy moth in Wabash and Adams counties is set to take place on Tuesday, June 22, weather permitting, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced. The DNR said planes will treat sites in Indiana after treatments in Ohio are...

Many corn producers have used fungicides on and off over the last few years to reduce leaf disease and, hopefully, mycotoxin levels that decrease cow performance. The 2020 corn silage and high moisture corn has had a long-lasting consequence for producers in certain areas of the state that saw DON...