| March 10, 2022 |
| NAAA Targets Ag Retailers, Farmers with Spring ’22 Ad Buys in National Ag Publications |
 NAAA’s ad campaign promoting the benefits of aerial application to
farmers and ag retailers is back and in full swing for the 2022 season. A
March 7 ad in AgWeb AM kicked off an eight-week email advertising run
in one of Farm Journal Media’s largest newsletters. NAAA ads will also
appear in the CropLife News newsletter every Tuesday for six weeks
beginning March 22 and in The Scoop magazine on the print side. Read More |
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| NAAA Gets Prime Location at Ag Day on the Mall Event March 21-22; Come See Us at Booth 24 |
NAAA’s exhibit will be right in the middle of the action at Ag Day on
the Mall March 21-22, putting NAAA in prime position to show how aerial application
contributes to sustainability in agricultural production. Read More |
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| NAAA Ag Aviation Expo General Session Will Feature Dr. Stan Musick and Michelle Miller, the Farm Babe |
 The NAAA General Session will be held in Knoxville, Tennessee, on
Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the 2022 Ag Aviation Expo. The “Healthy Public Relations”
session will feature Dr. Stan Musick and the Farm Babe, Michelle Miller.
This session will be full of great information, no matter what your
role is in the aerial application industry.
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| NAAA Endorses and Encourages GPS Data Collection Effort Protecting Manned Ag Aircraft From Drones |
| Mississippi State University’s (MSU) Raspet Flight Research Laboratory is continuing its research study on safe operational distances
between low-altitude, manned aircraft and drones. MSU is now beginning
its second stage of GPS flight log data collection from manned
agricultural aircraft. Many NAAA members may have donated GPS flight log
data during the first stage of data collection from 2017 to 2020. This
second stage of GPS flight log data collection is critical to continue
MSU’s research. Read More |
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| NAAA Comments to FAA to Deny Exemptions to Package Delivery Drones Compromising Aviation Safety |
| This week, NAAA submitted comments to the FAA on two drone operators’
requests for exemptions from parts of the aviation safety regulations.
Ameriflight LLC and Amazon Prime Air submitted requests for relief
from Parts 61, 91 and 135 of the federal register to allow package
delivery options without meeting certain aviation safety requirements
NAAA finds necessary to safeguard the National
Airspace System. Read More |
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| In Case You Missed It! |
| NAAREF President Matt Hovdenes Speaks to Aero Fleet One about Safety in Ag Aviation |
 Matt Hovdenes, owner/operator of Right Way Ag. in Harwood, North Dakota,
and president of NAAREF, spoke to Aero Fleet One about safety in ag
aviation. Aero Fleet One is a network of international operations,
primarily in Brazil. They wished to interview
Hovdenes to increase safety knowledge and awareness in the industry,
both in the U.S. and Brazil.
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| Idaho AAA Effort to Amend State’s Right to Farm Act Moves Forward to State Senate |
| On Feb. 25, the Idaho House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill backed by
the Idaho Agricultural Aviation Association to expand the definition of
“Agricultural Operations” under the state’s Right to Farm Act to
include the ingress and egress of aircraft to agricultural areas. House
Bill 606 headed to Idaho’s Senate on March 3. Read More |
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| Tax Season is Upon Us—Take Advantage of Tax Exemptions Secured by NAAA |
| It’s Tax Season, and one of NAAA’s greatest services to the industry has
been securing tax exemptions that save the aerial application industry
millions of dollars each year—thousands of dollars for the
smallest operators, and more depending on varying fuel use. Here are
some of the exemptions you’ll want to take advantage of before April 15. Read More |
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| More Drone Airworthiness Criteria Issued by the FAA, NAAA Comments to Agency Acknowledged |
Last month the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved
airworthiness criteria for two drone models—Zipline International and
Matternet Inc. NAAA submitted comments to the FAA last November opposing
the approval due to a lack of safety provisions in the proposals. Read More |
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| Dalton Wright Wins 2021 Support Scholarship Contest; Enter 2022 Scholarship Contest to Win Thousands in Educational Scholarships |
Congratulations to 2021 Support Scholarship Contest winner Dalton R. Wright, sponsored by Jiles Wright of Woolard Flying Service in Corning, Arkansas. Read Dalton’s winning essay, and review the rules and requirements for the 2022 Support Scholarship Contest. Read More |
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| We All Have a Telling History: Use Yours and NAAA’s Materials to Broadly Communicate Agricultural Aviation’s |
| By Andrew Moore, NAAA CEO |
 NAAA has reached the climax in the centennial epic of sharing our
industry’s history to the public, which of course was Aug. 3, 2021. But
just because the official centennial anniversary date is behind us
doesn’t mean all efforts to share the importance of our industry to the
public have passed you by. We will be celebrating the centennial of
agricultural aviation for an entire year. If you are an active citizen in the world of aerial application, don’t be a static
audience member during this epic, year-long centennial event. Take the stage with
us as we enunciate the gospel
of agricultural aviation to the public. Read More |
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| NAAA Releases Book of the Century! Buy It Today |
 To commemorate agricultural
aviation’s 100th anniversary, NAAA is pleased to present Agriculture’s Air Force: 100 Years of Aerial Application. NAAA’s meticulously sourced book is based on a collective history of the industry based on material from Agricultural Aviation magazine, AgAir Update, Low & Slow and other resources. Agriculture’s Air Force is a true keepsake. Order your copy today!
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between low-altitude, manned aircraft and drones. MSU is now beginning
its second stage of GPS flight log data collection from manned
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data during the first stage of data collection from 2017 to 2020. This
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