Spartan Ag Drones LLC
Eastern Iowa aerial application service. Founded by husband-wife team from corporate finance/accounting backgrounds. Also carries a smaller drone for surveillance.
Spartan Ag Drones LLC is a Iowa drone applicator covering drone pesticide and fungicide spraying, aerial cover crop seeding and dry granular spreading on row crops grown in the region in the Corn Belt region. From a Eastern Iowa base, the crew covers Iowa growers inside the Corn Belt region. Commercial drone applicators in Iowa need FAA Part 137 plus an aerial category endorsement on a state pesticide applicator license issued by IDALS.
Operations are based in the Corn Belt 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 Spartan Ag Drones LLC's service area:
- Iowa — requires Category 11 (Aerial Application) for aerial pesticide application; the licensing authority is IDALS.
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 Spartan Ag Drones LLC's service area.
Frequently asked questions
Verifying Spartan Ag Drones LLC 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 Iowa the state credential is issued by IDALS; 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.
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.