In response to the Trump Administration’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, China said it would consider levying an additional 25 percent levy tariff on around $50 billion of U.S. imports including soybeans, automobiles, chemicals and aircraft. This is in addition to a 15 percent tariff already  applied to various types of fruits, nuts, and wine with a 25 percent tariff placed on pork products.   Read More

In early 2017, a group of landowners in southern Minnesota grew concerned over the potential proliferation of wind turbines in their community. These residents felt these projects were unsafe and an inappropriate use of land rights, privacy and federal tax subsidies. These landowners formed Wind Locked LLC to prevent the unsafe construction and operation of large industrial wind towers. Read More

NAAA is saddened to report the passing of Nancy Snow, widow of Air Tractor Inc. founder Leland Snow. Nancy passed away March 28 in Wichita Falls, Texas. She was 77. She spent the last hours of her life at House of Hope in a colorful room, decorated with her own art and filled with the sounds of the music she loved, surrounded by family, friends and caregivers. Read More

We mourn the recent loss of ag pilot Tyler Haymore. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, including his wife Kelly, friends and co-workers during this difficult time. Read More

The NAAA 2018 Industry Survey is well underway and will be closing at the end of April. Please make sure you complete the survey now so your information can be used to accurately summarize the agricultural aviation industry. If you have completed the survey, thanks! If you have not received a chance to fill in the survey, please contact Ken Degg at kdegg@agaviation.org as soon as possible and we will send you the link. Read More

Believe it or not, we are beginning to design the trade show floor for the 2018 Ag Aviation Expo in Reno, NV, Dec. 3–6. Experience a new Reno, this rapidly changing city has become ground zero for a new technology boom as many companies have moved to Reno, including Tesla, Apple Cloud, a division of Microsoft and many more. Because of this, the city has also seen a boom in amazing restaurants, microbreweries and bar, shopping and nightclubs. Having a new vibrancy all its own, Reno is a cool and fun place to hang out. Read More

NAAA is constantly monitoring the Federal Register for pesticide (re)registration notifications from the EPA. The Federal Insecticide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requires the EPA to review the registration of each pesticide every 15 years to ensure that they are still safe to use. Research conducted between the last registration review and the current one is assessed to determine if the product should be registered again, and if so, are there any changes that need to me made to the label, such as uses, personal protective equipment, or drift mitigation strategies. Read More