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A good friend of mine has planted his wheat crop for the year and had it sprayed already he's got a tiny farm compared to some with I believe he once said he had 6 sections of farm ground .
Campbell Farms was in the same area their small wheat field was 20 000 acres he was so successful that John Campbell was sent to Russia to teach them how to grow wheat in less than ideal conditions .

Its now Patriot Farms if I remember correctly , Campbell farmed with 1/2 tracks and have seeded their wheat fields with a airplane more than once crazy stuff isn't it .
If you get a chance stop in at the Big Horn Co Museum and they'll inform you that the above happened ha ha !
If you're wondering yes I was once a Board of Director Member there for many year's .
 
Rusty in Montana said:
A good friend of mine has planted his wheat crop for the year and had it sprayed already he's got a tiny farm compared to some with I believe he once said he had 6 sections of farm ground .
Campbell Farms was in the same area their small wheat field was 20 000 acres he was so successful that John Campbell was sent to Russia to teach them how to grow wheat in less than ideal conditions .

Its now Patriot Farms if I remember correctly , Campbell farmed with 1/2 tracks and have seeded their wheat fields with a airplane more than once crazy stuff isn't it .
If you get a chance stop in at the Big Horn Co Museum and they'll inform you that the above happened ha ha !
If you're wondering yes I was once a Board of Director Member there for many year's .
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Farming keeps up with the times. I remember when crop dusters were just used for poisoning, loved watching the Waco biplanes as a youngster. I remember a biplane flying between the barbwire fence and power lines when I was only three or four. With the low hanging powerlines the margin for error was a yard or less! Crazy stuff! Fifteen years or so later a crop duster clipped a powerline with it's wheels on my cousin's land. Crappy luck, went nose first into a small drainage ditch that was no bigger than the small ditches in a subdivision. It was enough the airplane stuck instead of sliding along the ground. The pilot would probably have survived a crash a few feet shorter or longer. The old crop dusters, at least some of them, had rollcages in them and major protection. The newer ones that I know of don't.

Anyway, the crop dusters seed and fertilize now, as well as poison. They were flying ultralights, great for dusting since they could fly low and slow. Poisons and I think fertilizers were concentrated and misted in lower and with better control. I don't know anything about them but I understand they are using drones for crop dusting now.

Hu
 
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