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MOSES LAKE — One by one the pilots took off, circled, lined up on the bright pink spot in the field on Road 7 Northeast and came in low — after all, that’s what aerial applicators (otherwise known as crop dusters) do. It was a test. “We’re testing for uniformity...

Since 1992, the Ag Container Recycling Council (ACRC) has collected the 200 million pounds of high density polyethylene (HDPE) for recycling. The milestone was announced in September. To illustrate this impact, ACRC equated the total number to a football field full of compacted plastic jugs stacked 481 feet high, or it is...

ALLEGAN COUNTY, Mich. — The Allegan County Health Department confirmed a deer tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) on Saturday, adding an additional area in the county that will receive aerial spraying. Health officials said this is the first confirmed case of EEE in an animal or human in Allegan...

ROCK SPRINGS– The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) High Desert District will administer weed treatments on 3,000 acres of cheatgrass in and around the Currant Creek drainage near Rock Springs, from October 7 – October 11, 2019. This is one of the most prolific concentrations of cheatgrass in the High...

WASHINGTON D.C. – As the temperature moves downward during October and November in most of the U.S., the number of fatal helicopter accidents usually moves upward according to the United States Helicopter Safety Team (www.USHST.org). In 2017 and 2018, during these two autumn months, the U.S. helicopter industry experienced 13 fatal...

WASHINGTON (September 12, 2019) — At an event in Washington, D.C., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Department of the Army Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works R.D. James announced that the agencies are repealing a 2015 rule that impermissibly expanded the definition of “waters of the...

“We’re not teaching you how to be an ag-pilot. You already know how to do that” comments Jason Wolcott to a student as the student is starting the cutting-edge Air Tractor simulator at the Turbine Training Center offices in Manhattan, Kansas. “I’m going to put you in scenarios that every...

Planning to fly on a cover crop of cereal rye into standing corn or soybeans is a good idea for growers seeking to gain soil health benefits.  However, make sure the timing is right, advises Jerrel Roth, co-owner of Rother Aerial Spraying of Milford, Nebraska. That means making sure daylight...

by Jessica Freeman, Executive Director CoAAA Annually, Senator Cory Gardner conducts farm tours visiting varied agricultural operations all around the state of Colorado.  The purpose of those varied tours is to learn about current issues affecting rural populations and agricultural producers and look for future solutions.  On August 21, 2019,...

Marion Bern Prewitt, Sr., owner-operator of Boyle Flying Service in Mississippi, passed away last week.  Prewitt was 81 years old and a life-long resident of Bolivar County, Mississippi. Prewitt served on the NAAA Board for a number of years.  In addition he served as Vice President in 2005.  He was...