BEAMAN, Iowa --- The risks are great. The job is seasonal, with this year's work basically finished. But crop-dusters --- "aerial applicators" in the modern parlance --- will say there's a real "high" ...

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 ...

Crop dusters — or aerial applicators, which is their official name — also say they need thick skin to cope with what they call misinformation against their businesses. Environmentalists peg them as ...

BALLINGER, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Some innovative applications of new technology are changing the farming landscape here in the Big Country, where, instead of the traditional crop duster aircraft, you ...

Deliveries of the Pyka Pelican 2 UAV to Brazil are to begin in August 2025. Credit: Pyka Pyka has won a firm order for 60 autonomous crop duster aircraft to be sold to a Brazilian distributor. The ...

A crop duster pilot is in serious condition following a Tuesday afternoon crash in rural Boone County. Multiple emergency agencies responded to the crash, including Missouri Highway Patrol. The ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Huff-Daland Duster was designed in 1925 for a new method of controlling agricultural insect pests, aerial crop ...