Pyka, makers of Pelican Spray - a high-capacity, autonomous electric crop protection aircraft (shown above) - has announced Heinen Brothers Agra Services as the first entity to offer Pelican Spray in ...

Clockwise from top left: Pyka’s Pelican Spray drone is the world’s largest ag spray drone currently. It’s spray boom features 20 nozzles on each side. Attendees hear from the Heinen Brothers during ...

Agricultural drone operators face a growing list of legal requirements beyond licenses, authorizations and waivers. They must ...

Aerial Applications is using more than 20 drones to soar over parts of North Carolina affected by Hurricane Florence, in an effort to gain images to aid in recovery missions. The team is set up and ...

Though the aerial application industry is being described as maturing, it offers farmers another tool in their tool box when it comes to precision agriculture. Aerial application can help farmers save ...

Washington, D.C.-based Aerial Applications has closed a $4.5 million equity funding round with participation from angel investors, Austin-based Capital Factory and personal investors. This is the ...

MEDINA, N.D. -- Brian Rau isn't anti-wind power, but says a wind industry that's still under construction can create unforeseen trade-offs for farmers and dangers for aerial applicators who serve them ...

HOCKLEY COUNTY, Texas (KCBD) - Aerial application is an integral part of agriculture across the South Plains. Many farmers make a living flying over fields. “I love my job, it’s a lot of fun. Anybody ...

ALEXANDRIA, VA – SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 – Over the last few years, the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA)has consistently needed to set the record straight about inaccurate and/or ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Aerial applicators in North Dakota treated 5.5 million acres in 2024 — setting a new record while recording no fatal incidents in the year among pilots. "It's really astounding when ...

Summer skies fill with planes and helicopters in rural Illinois every summer as corn and soybean fields need crop protection. However, the risk to aerial applicators was magnified last month with four ...