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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...