Leigh Low Aerial Services LLC
Working Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Alfalfa, Grapes / Vineyards, Orchards, Pasture and Rangeland, Potatoes, Cover Crops and Row Crops across the Corn Belt region, Leigh Low Aerial Services LLC delivers drone pesticide and fungicide spraying, dry granular spreading, aerial cover crop seeding and agronomy consulting to farms in Wisconsin and Illinois. Wisconsin requires both a federal Part 137 ag aircraft operator certificate and an Wisconsin DATCP-issued aerial-category pesticide applicator license for any commercial spray.
Operations are based in the Corn Belt region.
Services offered
Pricing context for the crops Leigh Low Aerial services
Typical 2026 per-acre rates for drone spraying by crop, based on US ag drone industry data. Leigh Low Aerial's stated rate is from $16/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 alfalfa$14 to $20 per acre
- Drone spraying for grapes / vineyards$18 to $30 per acre
- Drone spraying for orchards$20 to $35 per acre
- Drone spraying for pasture and rangeland$14 to $25 per acre
- Drone spraying for potatoes$16 to $24 per acre
- Drone spraying for cover crops$12 to $18 per acre
- Drone spraying for row crops$12 to $22 per acre
Crops serviced
Equipment used
States served (2)
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 Leigh Low Aerial's service area:
- Wisconsin — requires Category 9.9: Aerial Applicator (supplementary certification under ATCP 29.28) for aerial pesticide application; the licensing authority is Wisconsin DATCP.
- Illinois — requires Aerial General Standards (replaces Core exam) + site categories for aerial pesticide application; the licensing authority is Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDA).
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 Leigh Low Aerial's service area.
Frequently asked questions
Leigh Low Aerial Services LLC should carry three credentials before any commercial pesticide application by drone in Wisconsin: an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate for the pilot in command, an FAA Part 137 Agricultural Aircraft Operator Certificate for the business, and a state aerial-category pesticide applicator license. In Wisconsin the state credential is issued by Wisconsin DATCP; you can ask the operator for the applicator license number and verify it with the agency directly. A current certificate of insurance with chemical drift coverage and the operator's Section 44807 exemption number are reasonable to request alongside the license itself.
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.