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Drone Spraying in Oregon: Licensing, Rates & Operators (2026)

By Eugen Manoli, Founder and Editor · Updated

Oregon imposes the strictest aerial licensing in the West, requiring 50 hours of flight experience before applying for the Aerial Pesticide Applicator (APA) license. It is a violation to spray by drone without APA, even under supervision. Rates run $16 to $30 per acre across wine grapes in the Willamette Valley and orchards in Hood River.

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Typical row-crop application runs $12 to $18 per acre. Specialty and orchard work runs higher.

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$16 to $30/acre
Rate range / acre
Wine Grapes
Top crop
Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA)
Licensing agency

Drone operators serving Oregon

PNW Ag Drone
Wenatchee, WA

Washington orchards & wheat · 3 drones

Pacific Northwest Ag Drone services apple and cherry orchards, wheat fields and hop yards across Washington, Oregon and Idaho. We navigate steep hillside orchards where ground equipment cannot operate and deliver precise fungicide applications for powdery mildew and fire blight control. Available March through October for orchard programs.

Verified OperatorFAA Part 137 ✓FAA Part 107 ✓
Drone SprayingAerial MappingCrop Scouting
$18 to $28/acre
15K ac 3
Austin Drone Solutions
Yakima, WA

Yakima, WA · Parabug biocontrol release + spray + Firman pollen testing

Austin Drone Solutions opened in 2025 and has covered over 2,500 acres across Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Their partnership with Parabug allows them to release beneficial insects via a patent-pending drone release system, implemented on their DJI Agras T25, making them one of the rare ag drone operators in the Pacific Northwest offering biocontrol services. They also provide spraying and spreading services on almost all crops and pasture ground using a DJI Agras T50, and are currently testing pollen applications at 10 GPA with Firman Pollen. Their trailer mixes up to 175 gallons per batch and carries 550 gallons of fresh water.

Verified OperatorFAA Part 137 ✓
Drone SprayingFertilizer ApplicationCrop Scouting+1 more
$15 to $30/acre
3K ac
Airoterra
Washington (serves ), ID

All team members are FAA licensed pilots and licensed applicators in Idaho. Also works with government conservation and wildlife agencies.

FAA Part 137 ✓FAA Part 107 ✓
Drone SprayingCover Crop SeedingFertilizer Application
Price on request
Bear UAV
Oregon (serves ID, ID

Veteran-owned, family-operated. Northwest's first XAG, Vector and Ceres Air dealer. 25+ years in custom application. One of first licensed UAV applicators in ID and OR.

FAA Part 137 ✓
Drone SprayingPilot TrainingEquipment Sales
Price on request
Ag Drones West
Harrisburg, MT

DJI Agras distributor for western US. Demonstrated DJI T40 in Choteau, MT. T40 bundle approx. $34,000. Can run 4 drones simultaneously at 45 acres/hr.

Pilot TrainingEquipment Sales
Price on request
Wilbur-Ellis UAS Solutions
Salinas, CA

Major ag retailer with 5M-acre annual application footprint; exclusive Guardian Agriculture SC1 eVTOL partnership; actively hiring drone pilots in CA

FAA Part 137 ✓FAA Part 107 ✓
Drone Spraying
Price on request
AeroTract LLC
Albany/Corvallis, OR

Corvallis-based company specializing in forestry herbicide spraying with proprietary ML software for precision application; clients include Starker Forests; spray program covered 4x expected acreage in 2023

FAA Part 137 ✓
Drone SprayingAerial MappingEquipment Rental
Price on request
Ag Drones West (Smucker Mfg)
Harrisburg, OR

DJI Agras drone distributor for the western US with 5 Oregon dealer locations (Harrisburg, Hillsboro, Madras, Rickreall, Woodburn) plus dealers across 7 western states

Pilot TrainingEquipment Sales
Price on request
ArgenTech Solutions
NH (HQ); Pendleton, OR

Veteran-owned UAS integrator partnering with Yamaha Motor to bring FAZER-R AP ag spraying drone to PNW; live demo at Sokol Blosser Winery, Willamette Valley (Sept 2025)

Price on request
Precision Aerial Application
Harrisburg, OR

Harrisburg-based professional service covering all of Oregon; up to 40 ac/hr spraying, 50 ac/hr spreading from fully autonomous RTK-capable drones

Drone SprayingCover Crop SeedingFertilizer Application
Price on request
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Drone spraying licensing in Oregon

Licensing agency
Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA)
Official site →
Aerial category
Aerial Pesticide Applicator (APA) license, a separate standalone add-on.
Core + use category + APA. 50 hours flight experience required before APA application.
Renewal & CE
5-year cycle
10 aerial credits per 5-year cycle.

Oregon has the most demanding aerial licensing pathway in the West. The Aerial Pesticide Applicator (APA) license is a separate add-on on top of the underlying applicator license, requiring the Core exam, a use-category exam and the APA exam. Before applying for the APA, operators must document 50 hours of flight experience applying pesticides or supervised training, one of the highest flight-hour barriers in the US. Critically, Oregon law prohibits applying any pesticide by aircraft without an APA license even under the direct supervision of a licensed APA holder.

Oregon Forest Practices Act establishes 60-foot buffer zones from fish-bearing or drinking water streams for non-helicopter aerial applications. Renewal is 5-year with 10 aerial credits required. No blanket reciprocity, aerial reciprocity is handled case-by-case.

Oregon-specific rules operators must know

  • •APA is a separate add-on license on top of underlying applicator license.
  • •50 hours of flight experience applying pesticides or supervised training required before APA application.
  • •Violation of law to apply any pesticide by aircraft (including drones) without APA, even under supervision.
  • •Oregon Forest Practices Act: 60-foot buffer from fish-bearing streams for non-helicopter aerial (includes drones).
  • •ODA published bilingual (English/Spanish) drone licensing guide.

Top crops for drone spraying in Oregon

Wine Grapes
35K acres

Willamette Valley

Pears/Cherries
25K acres

Hood River, Rogue Valley

Wheat
800K acres

Eastern Oregon

Drone spraying guides by crop in Oregon

Corn in OregonSoybeans in OregonWheat in OregonCotton in OregonRice in OregonGrapes / Vineyards in OregonOrchards in OregonCover Crops in OregonRow Crops in OregonPasture and Rangeland in OregonAlfalfa in OregonPotatoes in Oregon
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Drone spraying in Oregon, frequently asked questions

Before applying for the APA license, you must document 50 hours of applying pesticides or training to do so under supervision of a licensed APA. This is among the highest flight-hour barriers in the US.

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