The agricultural media’s interest in the 2019 NAAA Aerial Application Industry Survey remains high. That’s good news for aerial applicators, as the message continues to spread to farmers, ag retailers and crop consultants that aerial application is as vital to modern agriculture as ever. Last week NAAA Executive Director Andrew Moore discussed the 2019 survey’s findings and the aerial application industry’s expanding footprint on RFD-TV.

Moore joined RFD-TV’s “Market Day Report” (“MDR”) by phone from NAAA’s headquarters in Virginia May 29. The aerial application industry treats an estimated 127 million acres of cropland each year, host Janet Adkison announced before welcoming him to the program.

“We’re definitely seeing a growth in the importance that farmers place in aerial application,” Moore said. He detailed some of the key takeaways from the 2019 industry survey then and addressed the vital role aerial applicators play in agriculture.

As he spoke about the growth in operations and pilots since NAAA’s last largescale industry survey in 2012, a graphic overlay declared: SURVEY SHOWS U.S. AGRICULTURAL AVIATION INDUSTRY IS STRONG, DURABLE AND GROWING.

“MDR” highlighted several points from NAAA’s press release about its 2019 survey throughout the 4-minute, 30-second segment. Watch the full interview below.

Media coverage of the 2019 industry survey beyond what was reported in the May 23 NAAA eNewsletter includes a mention in an Agribusiness Update news segment on the Agribusiness Radio News Network and pickup of NAAA’s press release on AgAir Update’s website and AgriMarketing.com.