Top Crop Agridrones
40+ years West TX farming experience. Bridges technology and agriculture for increased yields.
Top Crop Agridrones provides aerial field mapping and pilot training for Cotton and Wheat across Texas. The team operates out of West TX (Lubbock area) and serves farms throughout the Great Plains region. Commercial drone applicators in Texas need FAA Part 137 plus an aerial category endorsement on a state pesticide applicator license issued by TDA.
Operations are based in the Great Plains region.
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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 Top Crop Agridrones's service area:
- Texas — requires Category 9 (Aerial Application) for aerial pesticide application; the licensing authority is TDA.
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 Top Crop Agridrones's service area.
Frequently asked questions
Verifying Top Crop Agridrones 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 Texas the state credential is issued by TDA; 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 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.