NAAA’s media overtures calling on UAV operators to take precautions around agricultural aircraft during the summer growing season continue to pay off. NAAA Executive Director Andrew Moore discussed NAAA’s UAV safety recommendations and how drone users can contact aerial applicators during interviews on RFD-TV and RFD Radio Network. Read More

Unlike the partisan rancor surrounding the House Farm Bill, the Senate Farm Bill overwhelming passed by a vote of 20-1 out of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday afternoon. However, also unlike the House Farm Bill, the Senate bill did not include any major regulatory relief provisions, such as exempting the duplicative NPDES pesticide general permit requirements for applicators since pesticides must already meet robust safety tests for water before they are registered under FIFRA. Read More

Early in 2014, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released special investigation report (SIR) number SIR-14/01 detailing investigations of 78 ag accidents that occurred during 2013. All of these accidents involved some aspect of agricultural operations, pilot training, or other crop protection activities. Read More

The National Academies of Science (NAS) released a report saying the FAA is being too conservative when developing risk-based UAV regulations. The report says because the FAA requires UAV operators to show a near-zero level of risk, the agency is hampering industry innovation and needs to shift its approach to balancing the risks and benefits of UAVs.  Read More

We look forward to seeing our Allied members and exhibitors at the 2018 Ag Aviation Expo in Reno, Nev., 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. Read More

NAAA received notification that an independent third party company is contacting our NAAA Allied members to book sleeping rooms at the Peppermill or other Reno hotels. The only NAAA room block in Reno is at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno. These are spam phone calls; do not book your room with these companies. Read More

Now in its 28th year, the Environmental Respect Awards is the agricultural industry’s premier stewardship program honoring outstanding work in preserving the environment through safe, responsible business practices. Interested aerial applicators have until June 20 to make a compelling case for their operation’s environmental stewardship program. Read More