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The Holmes Soil and Water Conservation District will conduct its aerial cover crop program (weather permitting) on Tuesday, Sept. 8, from the Holmes County Airport. Fisher Ag Services from Cardington will fly yellow and blue Air Tractors. Residents should be used to seeing these planes, as this is the 11th year of...

Of course David Eby has a pair of gold-framed aviators dangling from the collar of his T-shirt. And if that doesn't say he's a pilot, a conversation with him probably won't either because for the most part, he speaks fluent engineer while discussing his business, AgriFlite Services Inc. So, does...

Many fields have been ravaged by adverse weather this year in Iowa. On top of drought and hail, a devastating derecho windstorm steam-rolled a wide swath of Iowa starting in Sac County and progressing eastward along Highway 30. Along with the decision of how to handle this year’s damaged crop,...

Reg Michaud Aviation continues half a century of northern California aerial application

Zoren O’Brien of Iowa, Louisiana, born in Liberty, TX on July 26, 1939, was tragically taken from us, along with his wife, Joan on August 28, 2020, at the age of 81. He was the son of Jerry and Anna (LaFour) O’Brien. Zoren attended New Mexico State and was the...

An annual mosquito-sampling program in Accabonac Harbor concluded for the season on Friday, and while the coronavirus pandemic meant a loss of some interns and volunteers, this year's reduced program was deemed a success by the East Hampton town trustees and the director of the Suffolk County Public Works Department's...

The Arkansas Agricultural Aviation Association would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family of Wes Addison, and Mike Lee and the employees of Earl’s Flying Service. John Wesley “Wes” Addison, 55, of Dyersburg, died Friday, August 21, 2020 in Gosnell, Arkansas. Born October 10, 1964, he is the...

The Hughes County Commission, taking pages from Hyde County, has amended siting requirements for wind energy towers in the county. Significant testimony both for and against the requirements was presented to Commissioners Monday night. Property rights and concerns from aerial applicators centered over much of the testimony. Ryan Webb, who...

Take a listen to this podcast featuring Emily Daniel, an Ag pilot from New Jersey in the most recent installment of the Shark Farmer Podcast. Emily Daniel Listen Here

Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane. A Trump plane to be precise. We got a call from Steve in Ballantine, Montana last week. He said he saw the coolest thing. It was one of those yellow crop duster airplanes that you see in the sky...