2017 was a successful year for those involved in the agricultural industry in the southern grain growing area of Western Australia with good quality grain and higher than expected crop yields.
A new AT502 was purchased from the USA through Fieldair in Ballarat in early 2017 and shipped into Australia where it was re-assembled and put on the Australian register prior to pick up in August and ferried home to Esperance by Scott Mackie. It was put to work straight away spraying fungicide and was a welcome addition to the fleet that was keeping busy with demand for our services at the time.
Soon after the arrival of our new plane Alan and Carson Corr from Agri-spray Consulting based in the U.S.A. arrived in Esperance on their tour of Australia, checking and testing the spray patterns of ag aircraft. This tour was organised by the Aerial Application association of Australia. Our aircraft were tested here in Esperance and both Alan and ourselves were very pleased with the results which proved that our aircraft are applying agricultural chemicals accurately, evenly and responsibly.
2018 so far sees us applying mouse and snail bait prior to seeding which has now started. We remain hopeful for another good season.
