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 ...

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 ...

BEAMAN, Iowa -- Crop dusters keep Iowa's farm fields and the economy healthy. The saying "pennies from heaven" certainly doesn't refer to aerial spraying. Ag aviation contributes $214 million to the ...

WORTHINGTON (AP) -- It's been a busy couple of weeks for Jim Arnt. Arnt is one of several crop dusters working overtime spraying insecticides to kill the dreaded, profit-sucking soybean aphid that is ...

WORTHINGTON, Minn. -- It's been a busy couple of weeks for Jim Arnt. Arnt is one of several crop dusters working overtime spraying insecticides to kill the dreaded, profit-sucking soybean aphid that ...

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 ...

Monroe County residents may notice some aerial annoyances Wednesday. It's not an infestation of giant mosquitoes, but yellow crop dusters spraying pesticides to stop the spread of the gypsy moth.

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, ...