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REGINA’s Perspective by Regina Farmer | regina.farmer@chem-man.com Wow! 2020 will definitely be a year to remember! As we are all struggling through these troubling times, I am proud to be a part of the ag aviation industry that is considered to be essential. Since our Chem-Man software is now online,...

BOISE — The Idaho State Department of Agriculture is seeking public comment from the agriculture community on its proposed changes to rules around pesticide and chemigation use and application. The department hosted a negotiated rulemaking meeting over WebEx on Tuesday to go through its proposed changes to the pesticide rules...

A veteran Culpeper County crop duster died June 18 when the helicopter he was piloting struck a dove line and crashed in a field just north of Goldsboro, North Carolina. The victim was Eugene John Kritter III, the owner of Kritter Cropdusting at Ground Rush Farm on Mount Pony Road...

Take a look as Nebraska's Ryan Wells speaks on the misconceptions of the Chemigation of pesticides through pivot irrigation. Ryan shows through mathematic equations and visual aide simulations to demonstrate. https://youtu.be/3dcwwtWVZh0

CROOKSTON, Minn. (Valley News Live)-- One man is facing charges after pointing a firearm at a crop duster in Helgeland Township on Wednesday. During the investigation, Polk County deputies determined no shots were fired. Deputies say 77-year-old Vern Leroy Hodgson was arrested on charges of second-degree assault. Read more on this...

Tassel time is go time for seed production field crews and fungicide application. For Joel Meyer during peak aerial application season it would take one and a half full-time employees to receive and input maps sent from seed companies identifying where their ag worker crews would be located. “And we’d...

Farr Air opened its doors in 2000, flying a Weatherly 620B aircraft out of Lewvan.  In an interview, Jeff Farr, the owner of the aerial application company, said he didn’t realize they were approaching a milestone, but a lot of things have changed throughout the years. The business was officially...

Should you go ground or air? That’s the question many growers struggle with as they try to determine the best method of applying disease-fighting fungicide to their growing corn crops. On this episode of RealAgriculture Corn School we tackle that question with two of North America’s leading plant pathologists — University of...

There are many paradigm-shifting ways the COVID-19 crisis has impacted our nation. Among them is a greater recognition of certain important industries, such as food production and commercial air service, that were largely taken for granted during normal times. Agricultural aviation – the aerial application of crop protection products –...

Check out this great video from AOPA on Farm Air in California.