Without careful planning and placement of these structures, farmers risk losing the option for aerial spraying, which is the often quickest method for applying pesticides, fertilizers and seeds ...

In the world of precision agriculture, drones have created many new opportunities. While drones used to be small with limited ...

Nova Scotia only approves aerial spraying of glyphosate-based products approved by Health Canada’s Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency, which determines whether a product is safe for use.

And agricultural chemicals are a major expense for farmers: In the U.S., they spend $16 billion a year just on pesticides. Making spraying more efficient is one of the best ways to make food ...

APHIS’s outdated program relies on large-scale, aerial pesticide spraying. In recent years, APHIS has approved and carried out spraying within national wildlife refuges, popular public recreation ...

“The Biden EPA’s decision to reapprove widespread use, including aerial spraying, of this highly lethal pesticide shocks the conscience,” said Nathan Donley, environmental health science director at ...

but the HSE remains the authority on aerial pesticide use in the UK. The HSE requires anyone conducting aerial spraying to follow an approved application plan, with specific operations permitted ...

"We've had experience of pesticides causing huge deaths to our ... Others in the farming community say the removal of the aerial spraying caveat does not go far enough. Mark Fowler farms in ...

The Gazette will host a series of free, virtual talks about the future of agriculture this week, including advances in drone ...

The City of Toronto says the LDD (Lymantria dispar dispar) moth is at “outbreak levels” in parts of the city and it intends to use a trio of canopy-hugging helicopters to spray them in several ...