The use of drone technology in agriculture can be traced back to the late 1980s when Yahama introduced the R-50, which is ...

FORT RIPLEY, Minn. - A pilot is reported in critical condition after crashing his crop dusting helicopter into a barn in rural Morrison County late Wednesday morning. Morrison County Sheriff Michel ...

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 ...

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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 ...

CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating the crash of a helicopter being used as a crop duster near Charles City in northern Iowa.

A crop-dusting helicopter crashed in Thibodaux, Louisiana, killing the pilot. The crash occurred south of Laurel Valley Road about 6:30 a.m. Officials believe the helicopter struck power lines, ...