Carbon County Weed & Pest District
Purchased spray drone. Herbicide drone application beginning summer 2025.
Working row crops grown in the region across the Great Plains region, Carbon County Weed & Pest District delivers drone pesticide and fungicide spraying to farms in Wyoming. 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 Carbon County Weed & Pest District's service area:
- Wyoming: requires Aerial Application (WY Admin Code Ch. 28, Sec. 28-5, explicitly includes UAS) for aerial pesticide application; the licensing authority is Wyoming Department of Agriculture.
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 Carbon County Weed & Pest District's service area.
Frequently asked questions
Ask Carbon County Weed & Pest District for four documents to confirm credentials: the Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate number, the Part 137 Agricultural Aircraft Operator Certificate, the state aerial-category pesticide applicator license and a certificate of insurance carrying chemical drift coverage. 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. The Section 44807 exemption number is the fourth piece, applicable to any drone over 55 lbs gross weight.
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.