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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...