Aerial application of pesticides, or crop dusting, is a crucial part of modern agriculture, increasing crop yields and reducing losses by billions of dollars annually. The job of an ag pilot is ...

Crop-dusting pilots are on the front-line of agricultural crop defense Protection of agricultural resources is a vital task that often requires timely response to address such things as harvest ...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- The plane swoops down over a field, racing along at 140 mph only a few feet above the corn stalks before releasing its chemicals and pulling back into the sky. It seems a vestige ...

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LAWTON -- It might be more difficult to make a living than it was in crop dusting's glory days, but pilots say there's still a place in agriculture for aerial chemical application. The industry has ...

Frank Pagel, Fisher, pilots a Jet Ranger Bell 206B3 helicopter owned by Babb Enterprise, while crop dusting a field of corn northwest of Foosland on Thursday, July 12, 2018., 2018. Heat distorts the ...

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Accomack aviator W. Carter Crabbe received recognition from the Accomack County Board of Supervisors for his contributions to the county over a decades-long career in flight. A resolution of ...

HANNA, Ind. (WGN) — A video shows a crop dusting plane nearly hitting a semi-truck in Northwest Indiana on Tuesday. At around 4 p.m., Clifton Howard, 26, was driving on U.S. 30 when he noticed a crop ...

HANNA, Ind. (WGN) — A video shows a crop dusting plane nearly hitting a semi-truck in Northwest Indiana on Tuesday. At around 4 p.m., Clifton Howard, 26, was driving on U.S. 30 when he noticed a crop ...