Black Dog Drone Co.
Middle Tennessee precision ag & orchard drone services
Stated by the operator, not checked by us
Black Dog Drone Co. provides agricultural drone spraying and mapping services to Middle Tennessee grain and specialty crop producers. The company handles corn and soybean fungicide applications, orchard and vineyard spray programs in the Highland Rim and NDVI mapping for precision agronomic recommendations.
Operations are based in the Corn Belt region.
Services offered
Pricing context for the crops Black Dog Drone services
Typical 2026 per-acre rates for drone spraying by crop, based on US ag drone industry data. Contact the operator for a quote on your specific fields.
- Drone spraying for corn$12 to $18 per acre
- Drone spraying for soybeans$12 to $18 per acre
- Drone spraying for orchards$20 to $35 per acre
- Drone spraying for grapes / vineyards$18 to $30 per acre
Crops serviced
Equipment used
Certifications & compliance
The operator told us each of these. Anything we matched against a public record is shown with the date we checked it, at the top of this page.
States served (3)
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 Black Dog Drone's service area:
- Tennessee — requires AER (Aerial) licensing exam + category certification for aerial pesticide application; the licensing authority is Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA).
- Kentucky — aerial pesticide work runs through Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) under Category 11: Aerial Certification (explicitly includes UAS).
- Alabama — aerial pesticide work runs through Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries under Aerial category with insurance requirement. Custom Business License for aerial for-hire..
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 Black Dog Drone's service area.
Frequently asked questions
Verifying Black Dog Drone Co. 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 Tennessee the state credential is issued by Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA); 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 $35 per acre in the region usually breaks down into three lines: (1) included — calibration, GPS-guided flight planning, machine and pilot labor to fly the field, mixing and loading farmer-supplied product, and a Part 170-compliant application record; (2) excluded — the pesticide and any adjuvants, which the farmer supplies; (3) surcharges — long travel, after-hours, difficult terrain or obstruction-heavy fields, and minimum-acreage charges below a stated threshold. Spell out which of those land on your invoice before the operator schedules.