HIGH TEMPO An Air Tractor 502 is prepared for operations in northern NSW during the busiest season in years. (Peter Travers/Air Ag)
Aviation critical to agriculture
After years of devastating drought, aerial agriculture has seen a massive resurgence over recent months with one of the busiest seasons in eastern Australia on record.
Aerial application’s value to agriculture has been underlined with recent widespread operations against locusts, mice, rust in the biggest wheat crop in years, disease and pests in canola and chick peas, rice sowing, significant fertiliser demand and weed control.
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