Arizona Daily Star

Stereotypes aside, crop-dusters are special

YUMA — The crop-duster, that icon of both aviation and agricultural history, brings several images to mind. There's the wild-eyed barnstormer in a biplane who buzzes in low over houses and onto the ...

Global Aerospace Provides Insights on Drones vs. Piloted Aircraft for Crop Management, Comparing the Technology, Case Studies, and Real-World Applications

A Guide to Drones in Farming by Global AerospaceMorris Plains, NJ, May 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Low-flying aircraft ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Unmanned Crop Dusters Provide a New, Safer Way to Farm

Crop dusting planes are a key tool for keeping banana plantations free from pests, but the practice causes significant environmental and climate damage. A small but growing number of plantations are ...
SFGate

Crop dusters grounded for second day / Fear of chemical, biological attack keeps planes out of the sky

Amid renewed fears that terrorists might wage chemical attacks, authorities grounded crop-dusting planes for a second day yesterday -- causing concerns among California farmers who could lose millions ...
Daily Breeze

South Bay history: Aircraft firm based in Torrance created an innovative crop duster in the 1950s

Until I heard from Carlos Gomez, I hadn’t given much thought to agricultural aviation, more commonly known as crop dusting, and its relation to the South Bay. Gomez mentioned his father Antonio once ...