FlyBy Ag
Offers drone spraying services across Utah. Focuses on enhancing efficiency, reducing labor costs and increasing crop yields.
FlyBy Ag provides drone pesticide and fungicide spraying, aerial cover crop seeding and dry granular spreading for Row Crops across Utah. The team works with growers throughout the Great Plains region. Utah requires both a federal Part 137 ag aircraft operator certificate and an Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF)-issued aerial-category pesticide applicator license for any commercial spray.
Operations are based in the Great Plains region.
Services offered
Pricing context for the crops FlyBy Ag 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 row crops$12 to $22 per acre
Crops serviced
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 FlyBy Ag's service area:
- Utah — requires Category 11: Aerial Application. "Special qualifications" for aerial beyond standard exam. for aerial pesticide application; the licensing authority is Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF).
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 FlyBy Ag's service area.
Frequently asked questions
Ask FlyBy Ag 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 Utah the state credential is issued by Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF); 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.
Request a quote from FlyBy Ag
Tell FlyBy Ag 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 Utah to compare.
- Goes directly to FlyBy Ag, not a call center.
- 3 quotes max if you broaden, never more. We never sell your info.