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 ...

DILWORTH, Minn. — If you love your job, why retire ? One day spent with crop duster pilot Gary Jerger of rural Clay County, you quickly find out there is a reason he's been flying the "600-horse ...

State officials are considering a plan that could allow crop dusters to spray closer to homes and schools. Right now, crop dusters are not allowed to spray within 100 feet of homes and 300 feet of ...

A crop duster landed upside down in a cane field south of Lockport. According to Lockport Volunteer Fire Department’s Fire Chief Armand Autin, a crop duster spraying insecticides on cane fields “soft ...

Lubbock, TX – Crop dusters are essential for applying necessary products in a timely manner for West Texas farmers. Crop dusters have always been used to keep farmers’ crops healthy and on track for ...

North Carolina's pesticide administrators says relaxed crop dusting rules around homes, schools, hospitals, nursing homes and churches will not compromise public health. Proposed revisions being ...

A crop dusting plane that crashed Thursday near Brush was piloted by the owner of a fleet of the planes which has supported wildfire firefighting efforts in Colorado and across the western United ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Stephen Austin's job has been up and down since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. On Monday it was down. He and other Bootheel crop-dusters, along with their counterparts nationwide, ...