Big Horn County Weed & Pest District
Drone spraying for invasive annual grasses (ventenata/medusahead).
Big Horn County Weed & Pest District is a Wyoming drone applicator covering drone pesticide and fungicide spraying on row crops grown in the region in the Great Plains region. Headquartered in Greybull, the operation reaches farms across the Great Plains region. Any operator running commercial pesticide passes over Wyoming fields holds FAA Part 137 alongside the Wyoming Department of Agriculture aerial-applicator credential.
Operations are based in the Great Plains region.
Services offered
States served (1)
Aerial pesticide licensing in states served
Every state requires a pesticide applicator license with the aerial category endorsement on top of FAA Part 137. The agencies that issue these licenses in Big Horn County Weed & Pest District's service area:
- Wyoming: aerial pesticide work runs through Wyoming Department of Agriculture under Aerial Application (WY Admin Code Ch. 28, Sec. 28-5, explicitly includes UAS).
Full agency, exam and renewal-cycle details by state are catalogued on the state pesticide licensing reference.
Verify and resources
Primary-source references for verifying credentials and looking up state-specific rules in Big Horn County Weed & Pest District's service area.
Frequently asked questions
Verifying Big Horn County Weed & Pest District runs through three independent checks: Part 107 via the FAA Airmen Inquiry, Part 137 via the issuing FAA Flight Standards office and the state aerial-category pesticide applicator license via the receiving state's department of agriculture. In Wyoming the state credential is issued by Wyoming Department of Agriculture; you can ask the operator for the applicator license number and verify it with the agency directly. Pair that with a current chemical-drift COI and the Section 44807 exemption number for due diligence.
Typical drone spraying rates of $12 to $22 per acre in the region breaks into three lines. You pay for the flying. That covers calibration, GPS-guided flight planning, the labor to fly the field and the mixing and loading of your product. It also covers the Part 170 record the law requires. You supply the pesticide and any adjuvants. Then come the extras: long travel, after-hours work, hard terrain and a minimum charge on a small field. Ask which of those land on your invoice before the operator schedules.