Crop protection takes to skies in sodden season

By Andrew Norris
Updated August 5 2016 - 7:23am, first published August 4 2016 - 5:00am
Commercial Helicopters pilot Sam Nichols, Mudgee, sits in the cockpit while James Brown, Mudgee, refills the chemical at "West Wai", Trangie.
Commercial Helicopters pilot Sam Nichols, Mudgee, sits in the cockpit while James Brown, Mudgee, refills the chemical at "West Wai", Trangie.

THE state’s agricultural pilots are at full tilt as they attempt to meet the huge demand for aerial spraying and fertilising brought on by the wet winter. Many paddocks too boggy for ground rigs have spurred farmers to hurriedly call on the services of fixed wing and helicopter applicators to meet crop application windows.

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