On Monday, Sept. 18, NAAA sent a press release about ag pilots working to seed cover crops to national agriculture and aviation media contacts. It has only been a few days, but the release has been picked up by RFD-TV and American Ag Network.

 

NAAA CEO Andrew Moore was interviewed by RFD-TV’s Tammi Arender on Wednesday, Sept. 20 in a segment for Market Day Report. View the broadcast here. Market Day Report impressions average 500,000 people per week and is one of RFD-TV’s top watched shows. RFD-TV is the #1 cable network for farmers & ranchers.  

 

 

 

 

Moore was also interviewed by Jesse Allen on the daily news program, Agriculture of America produced by the American Ag Network, a nationwide radio, digital and multimedia ag news network. Listen to Moore on the early part of the episode here.  Agriculture of America can be heard nationwide on over 40 radio stations (including SiriusXM Rural Radio Channel 147 on Satellite Radio). Nearly 1.65 million listeners tuned in during August 2023 with an average of 10,515 podcast downloads for 2023. The news release was also picked up by the American Ag Network website. 

 

During the interviews, Moore reiterated the positive benefits of aerial applicators seeding cover crops. Aerial application offers the ability to spread cover crop seeds over the existing cash crop without any disruption to the standing crop. This means the cover crop can already be established when the cash crop is harvested. 

 

As reported in last week’s eNewsletter, NAAA has prepared a cover crops sample press release (this link will open a Word document) that you can personalize to your own aerial application business and send to your local media outlets. 

 

As the press release states, “Using a drill to plant cover crops requires a terrestrial vehicle and for the grower to wait until their cash crop is out of the field, which might not be the best timing for establishing a healthy cover crop. This can be especially true in northern parts of the U.S. where the first frost can interfere with cover crop growth if they are seeded too late. Aerial application can also be used when the soil is wet and can seed many acres quickly.”