The use of crop dusting in Brazil—the world's biggest consumer of pesticides—has helped fuel the giant agricultural industry that props up Latin America's largest economy. But as public health ...

The R550 Sprayhawk can carry up to 110 gal. of payload and cover more than 200 acres per hour. Credit: Rotor Technologies Brazilian civil aviation regulator ANAC has approved the use of uncrewed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aerial view of the July 22, 2024, crop duster accident site facing west with the field being sprayed in the background. The ...

Rotor Technologies is working through regulatory approval of a remotely piloted helicopter based on Robinson Helicopter’s R44, with hopes of tapping into the aerial crop-dusting market. Unmanned ...

Click to open image viewer. The Huff-Daland Duster was designed in 1925 for a new method of controlling agricultural insect pests, aerial crop dusting. The Huff-Daland Manufacturing Company modified ...

A behind the scenes look at crop dusting from the farm fields. This aerial work is all about precision, timing, and supporting a healthy harvest. Join Laura for a close up view of how these flights ...

Guardian’s SC1 aerial-application eVTOL can cover 40 acres/hr. Credit: Guardian Massachusetts-based startup Guardian, which is developing an unmanned electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) crop ...

Modern agricultural aviation is a high-tech and vital industry, relying on highly skilled ag pilots and advanced aircraft equipped with GPS and specialized software to precisely apply products, ...

Members of an environmental group protest in front of the National Congress in Brasilia against the new pesticide law that eases the trade and use of these products ...