Aerial application, or what was formerly referred to as crop dusting, involves spraying crops with crop protection products from an agricultural aircraft. Planting certain types of seed are also included in aerial application. The specific spreading of fertilizer is also known as aerial topdressingin some countries.
Agricultural aircraft are highly specialized, purpose-built aircraft. Today's agricultural aircraft is often powered by a turbine engines of up to 1500hp and can carry as much as 800 gallons of crop protection product. Helicopters are sometimes used, and some aircraft serve double duty as water bombers in areas prone to wildfires.(These aircraft are referred to as S.E.A.T. "single engine air tankers").
History
Aerial Seed Sowing 1906
The first known aerial application of agricultural materials was by John Chaytor, who in 1906 spread seed over a swamped valley floor in Wairoa, New Zealand, using a hot air balloon with mobile tethers. Aerial sowing of seed still continues to this day with cover crop applications and rice planting.
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