The end of the fiscal year for the federal government is Sept. 30, and with that comes two major deadlines important for the ag aviation industry. Both the Farm Bill and FAA reauthorization need to be passed before the end of the fiscal year. If not passed, at a minimum both will be extended, but that could push responsibility for them to the next Congress, where party control and leadership changes could make both bills looks very different. Read More

A coalition of Kansas based commodity groups have written to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts urging him to include regulatory reform measures in the 2018 Farm Bill. The letter was signed by the Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association, the Kansas Corn Growers Association, the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers and the Kansas Soybean Association. This represents the four largest crops grown in Kansas. 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

Last week, the FAA issued its second edition of a five-year “roadmap” on the integration of UAVs into the national airspace system. With over 1 million UAVs registered with the FAA, the agency warns untrained operators, not having a functioning air UAV air traffic management system, and the slow development of detect-and-avoid technologies are the major challenges to the safe integration of UAVs.  Read More

Thank you for your 2018 NAAA membership; we appreciate your continued support. You will soon receive your membership renewal information in the mail; however, there is no need to wait!  You can renew your membership online by logging into your account in the upper right-hand corner. Once you’ve logged in, click Membership Renewal on the left-hand toolbar. Read More

NAAA sincerely appreciates the companies that support NAAA and the agricultural aviation industry with a sponsorship for the 2018 NAAA Ag Aviation Expo in Reno, Dec. 3–6. We have been fortunate over the years to be able to count on many of our Allied Industry members who sponsor a convention program, activity or item that benefits attendees. Read More

Each year, NAAA recognizes a handful of members for outstanding contributions to the aerial application industry. The 2018 award recipients will be honored Dec. 6 at the Excellence in Ag Aviation Banquet, the closeout to the 2018 NAAA Ag Aviation Expo. This industry is filled with exceptional people who go above and beyond the call of duty, often with little fanfare. Read More

We look forward to seeing you in Palm Springs, Calif., for our October NAAA and NAAREF committee and board meetings. Most meetings take place Oct. 5–6 with a couple of meetings beginning on Oct. 4. PAASS Train the Trainer will take place Oct. 3–4. All meetings are open to NAAA members. Read More

Help us raise money for NAAREF and PAASS at King Pins, a fundraiser for the ag aviation industry’s premier educational safety program. This fundraising bowling event will take place on Sunday, Dec. 2 from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, NV. Read More