Cover Crop Innovations
Verified OperatorNew England cover crop seeding specialist
Specialty drone seeding operator focused on cover crop establishment into standing cash crops across New England. Has worked at Borderview Farm Research Institute in Alburgh, VT and in Hadley, MA. Operates heavy-lift agricultural drones. Contact: (978) 430-0415.
Operations are based in the Southeast region.
Services offered
Crops serviced
Certifications & compliance
States served (7)
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 Cover Crop Innovations's service area:
- Massachusetts — aerial pesticide work runs through Massachusetts MDAR under Category 11: Aerial Application.
- Vermont — Any commercial drone spray over Vermont fields needs Category 11: Aerial. Plus mandatory Aerial Permit from the Secretary with 30-day public comment., issued by Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets.
- Connecticut — requires Aerial category being formalized per HB 6289 (2024). Deadline March 2026. for aerial pesticide application; the licensing authority is Connecticut DEEP.
- New Hampshire — requires Category J: Aerial Application for aerial pesticide application; the licensing authority is New Hampshire Division of Pesticide Control.
- Maine — aerial pesticide work runs through Maine Board of Pesticides Control (BPC) under Category 11: Aerial Pest Control.
- Rhode Island — aerial pesticide work runs through Rhode Island DEM under No specific aerial category. Separate DEM aerial application permit required..
- New York — Any commercial drone spray over New York fields needs Category 11: Aerial Application, issued by New York State DEC.
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 Cover Crop Innovations's service area.
Frequently asked questions
Ask Cover Crop Innovations 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 Massachusetts the state credential is issued by Massachusetts MDAR; 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 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.
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