Crop Hawk Drone Services
Verified OperatorIndiana & Ohio corn-soybean specialist
Crop Hawk Drone Services covers Indiana, Ohio and Michigan with a 3-drone fleet. Our core business is fungicide application on corn at VT/R1 and soybean applications at R2 to R3. We also offer cover crop seeding programs starting in August. Operated by a fourth-generation farm family that understands your operation from the ground up.
Operations are based in the Corn Belt region.
Services offered
Pricing context for the crops Crop Hawk services
Typical 2026 per-acre rates for drone spraying by crop, based on US ag drone industry data. Crop Hawk's stated rate is $13 to $17/acre.
- Drone spraying for corn$12 to $18 per acre
- Drone spraying for soybeans$12 to $18 per acre
- Drone spraying for wheat$12 to $16 per acre
- Drone spraying for cover crops$12 to $18 per acre
Crops serviced
Equipment used
Certifications & compliance
States served (5)
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 Crop Hawk's service area:
- Indiana — requires Category 11: Aerial Application for aerial pesticide application; the licensing authority is Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC) at Purdue University.
- Ohio — requires Category C-1 (commercial license required even for private applicators) for aerial pesticide application; the licensing authority is Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA).
- Michigan — requires AE (Aerial Standard) + Core + use categories for aerial pesticide application; the licensing authority is Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD).
- Illinois — aerial pesticide work runs through Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDA) under Aerial General Standards (replaces Core exam) + site categories.
- Kentucky — Any commercial drone spray over Kentucky fields needs Category 11: Aerial Certification (explicitly includes UAS), issued by Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA).
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 Crop Hawk's service area.
Frequently asked questions
Verifying Crop Hawk Drone Services 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 Indiana the state credential is issued by Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC) at Purdue University; 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.
The operator's stated rate of $13 to $17 per acre typically covers the application itself: drone calibration, GPS-guided mission planning, mixing and loading product into the tank, the labor and machine time to fly the field, and a written FIFRA Part 170 application record (date, time, product, EPA reg number, rate, weather, field ID). Pesticide product, surfactants and adjuvants are usually supplied by the farmer and excluded from the per-acre rate. Common surcharges include long travel past the operator's standard radius, after-hours or emergency turnaround, fields with steep terrain or significant obstructions, and minimum-acreage charges below a stated field size. Get inclusions and exclusions in writing before any application.
Request a quote from Crop Hawk
Tell Crop Hawk about your fields. They reply within 24 hours, often faster during spray season. Free, no obligation, and you can also ask for 2 more quotes from verified operators in Indiana to compare.
- Goes directly to Crop Hawk, not a call center.
- 3 quotes max if you broaden, never more. We never sell your info.
- Crop Hawk's typical rate: $13 to $17/acre per acre.