Some impressive figures from the 2019 NAAA Aerial Application Industry Survey made it into the “Stat Rack” column in Farm Journal’s June 2019 issue. The most important stat Farm Journal highlighted is the fact that aerial applicators in the U.S. treat 127 million acres of cropland annually. Additional factoids the magazine picked up on are the five most treated crops by aerial applicators, the number of ag pilots in the industry (3,385), the percentage of fixed-wing and rotorcraft aircraft in the industry’s fleet (84% and 16%, respectively), and the percentage of operators engaged in aerial imaging (12%) or using unmanned aircraft systems (4%).

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