Helicopter application for AG-Operations in Hawaii
Aerial applications for farmers and growers aren’t new. They have been utilized for crop maintenance since the early 1900s. Helicopters are revolutionizing aerial applications and are a perfect pick for aerial agriculture over more traditional crop-dusting aircraft since helicopters deliver their loads quicker with more precision accuracy.
Unlike a crop duster, helicopters are designed to reach out of the way locations and are better equipped to navigate through trees and power lines. Helicopter blades also serve up more effective spraying, helping pesticides and fertilizers reach the underside of plants where unwanted pests love to hide and fungi thrive.
Fair Lifts is your go-to service when it comes to procuring aerial application services in Hawaii. We can help arrange crop dusting, watering, pest control fertilization, seeding and more for your commercial and private properties.
Hawaii: An Agricultural Paradise
Of course Hawaii is well-known for its tourism. However, with its lush, tropical climate, the Aloha State also has a distinguished agricultural economy recognized around the globe. Sugarcane, pineapples, and flowers are Hawaii’s most noteworthy commercial exports. Hawaii is also a top supplier of coffee, macadamia nuts, avocados, bananas, guavas, papayas, and tomatoes. Aerial applications such as crop dusting, fertilization, pest and weed control as well as drought prevention measures can be used to maintain these popular crops along with other fruits and vegetables like beans, corn, lettuce, potatoes and taro that are grown for local consumption.
Helicopter Aerial Application Options in Hawaii
Making the choice to use helicopters for aerial applications is both cost-effective and efficient when it comes to managing your commercial and personal agricultural needs. Fair Lifts can assist you in finding the ideal helicopter spraying service in Hawaii, choosing from a menu of crop dusting options in addition to frost prevention and treatments as well as mosquito, pest and weed control.
Crop Dusting: Fungicides, Fertilizer, Etc
Many applications can be made based on your specific needs. For aerial application (crop dusting), we can arrange a professional ag-pilot to come to your location, mix the chemicals needed and spray crop protection products such as fungicide. For aerial topdressing, you can choose from options that are crop specific in terms of fertilizer or hydroseeding. No matter the need you have for your farm, we can assist you in scheduling a professional service agent to plan, facilitate and return as many times as needed.
Mosquito and Pest Control
When insects invade a crop, the far-reaching damage has detrimental effects, making it vital to stop pests in their tracks before they burrow in and multiply. Proactive pest control via helicopter spraying is a major component of crop maintenance, making sure insects like beetles, caterpillars and grasshoppers never gain a foothold. Mosquitoes have become a major problem for farms and towns across Hawaii. Regular mosquito spraying from aerial applications keeps these annoying, disease-carrying insects at bay.
Brush and Weed Control
Weeds spread like wildfire as any gardener or farmer knows. While weeds may seem harmless, an overgrowth of weeds and brush can actually choke and eventually starve flowers as well as vegetable and fruit plants. Weeds compete with the crops being grown for water, sunlight, and nutrients. Since weeds grow much faster than plants, weeds often win the battle for sustaining nutrients. The spraying of herbicides by air is much more effective and less time-consuming than attempting to do it on the ground.
Frost Prevention and Treatment
While frost in Hawaii’s tropical climate is rare, it can happen and since frost can permanently damage a crop, an ounce of prevention goes a long way. Frost prevention and treatment through aerial applications are available in Hawaii should the need ever arise. Many farmers invest in frost prevention options and treatments, which include smoke production and spraying crops with a layer of water to release latent that actually keeps them from freezing.
Modern Solutions for Aerial Application in Hawaii
Fair Lifts works with the most professional and experienced pilots and operators working in the agricultural aviation industry. Each of our agents is well-versed in assisting farmers in producing higher and better quality yields in Hawaii and can assist you in your own growth. Simply contact us seven days a week to discuss environmentally and neighborly crop dusting and spraying this next growing season.
We work hard to provide helicopter solutions for farms and agricultural businesses in all of these areas and more in Hawaii:
Hawaii (The Big Island), HI - Hawi, HI - Hilo, HI - Honolulu, HI - Lihue, HI, - Wailuku, HI