Corn Boom: Increased Yields with Fungicides Spur New Requests for Aerial Applications

摘要

For U.S. corn growers, 2007 was a very good year. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, corn production reached a record high of 13.1 billion bushels. Ag aviation played a role in this achievement. Since pilots began treating field corn with fungicides a few years ago, yields per acre have grown significantly. BT Corn: Farmer's Gain Is Ag Pilot's Loss Corn has been an important market for the ag aviation industry for many decades. "This company and its founders have been spraying corn since 1947," says Terry Sharp of Agri-Tech Aviation in Des Moines, Iowa.