Over and Under Flying Service
About Us
Jack Olds spent much of his childhood making model airplanes and sitting on barn roofs imagining what it would be like up in the air.
He has spent most of his adult life spreading his wings.
As owner and operator of Over and Under Flying Service at Madison Municipal Airport, Olds is an agriculture pilot, a crop duster who helps ensure farmers' crops survive, spending over 45 years at a job that is pure joy to him.
He has spent most of his adult life spreading his wings.
As owner and operator of Over and Under Flying Service at Madison Municipal Airport, Olds is an agriculture pilot, a crop duster who helps ensure farmers' crops survive, spending over 45 years at a job that is pure joy to him.
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Aerial Spray Applications
- Aerial application is often the only, or most economic, method for timely pesticide application. It permits large and often remote areas to be treated rapidly, far faster than any other form of application.
- When wet soil conditions, rolling terrain or dense plant foliage prevent other methods of treating an area, aerial application may be the only remaining method of pest treatment.
- Aerial application is conducive to higher crop yields, as it is non-disruptive to the crop by treating above it and not within it. A study by a crop protection product manufacturer of applications on corn showed aerial application increased yield 8 percent more than ground application.
- Aerial application does not cause soil compaction, hence preventing soil runoff.
- The aerial application of crop protection products results in greater harvest yields of crops. This in turn results in less land being used for agricultural production, preserving important wetland and forest ecosystems important to carbon sequestration and habitat to threatened and endangered species.
Aerial Seed Applications
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Establishing a cover crop by aerial broadcast. A big advantage of aerial seeding of cover crops is that more acres can be seeded in less time than with ground equipment. Aerial application also allows seeding to be done when it is physically impossible to use ground equipment, such as when crops are present, or the soil is too wet for regular equipment. Seeding, germination, and growth of cover crops can begin even before the existing crop has been harvested. This is especially important in areas where there is a very small window of opportunity between crop harvest and the end of the growing season. Waiting to seed a cover crop until after crop harvest may result in poor stand establishment due to cold temperatures or moisture stress. Aerial seeding is always more risky than drilling or incorporation of the seeds, so it’s important to have the right soil surface and weather conditions at seeding time.
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Group |
Seed Type |
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1 |
Small Grains (rye, wheat, barley, oats, triticale) |
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2 |
Ryegrass (annual, perennial) |
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3a |
Small Seeded Brassicas (mustards, rape, canola, turnips, radishes) |
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4 |
Small Seed Legumes (clovers, medics, trefoils, alfalfa) |
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5 |
Large Seeded Legumes (beans, vetch, peas, lupine, cowpeas) and buckwheat |
A very general grouping of seed selections for aerial seeding of cover crops. Local conditions and species adaptation must be applied.
Group 1 - Small grains (rye, wheat, barley, oats, triticale). Seed sources are plentiful and relatively inexpensive. Seeds germinate readily on the soil surface when soil moisture is present.
Group 2 – Ryegrass (annual, perennial) Benefits by having rain shortly after broadcasting. Aerial seeding of ryegrass requires an additional 2-3 pounds of seed per acre over drilling or incorporating.
Group 3a – small seeded brassicas (mustards, rape, canola, turnips, radishes) Must be established early, about 4 weeks before the average date of a 28° F freeze. Soil temperatures needs to be greater than 45° F. Small seed size allows for good soil contact.
Group 3b – Sorghum-sudan and millet. Requires warm, moist soil conditions with soil temperature > 65° F).
Group 4 – Small seed legumes (clovers, medics, trefoils, alfalfa) Best success if drilled ¼ to ½ inch deep into the seedbed. Will establish in late winter/early spring NRCS, Iowa September 2010 4 Oilseed radish cover crop (MSU photo) as “frost seeding” when the soil surface is moist and conditions allow freezing and thawing to provide good seed-to-soil contact. Best success with sweet and red clovers.
Group 5 – Large seeded legumes (beans, vetch, peas, lupine, cowpeas) and buckwheat. Best success if drilled or incorporated. Large seeds are not recommended for aerial seeding
Group 1 - Small grains (rye, wheat, barley, oats, triticale). Seed sources are plentiful and relatively inexpensive. Seeds germinate readily on the soil surface when soil moisture is present.
Group 2 – Ryegrass (annual, perennial) Benefits by having rain shortly after broadcasting. Aerial seeding of ryegrass requires an additional 2-3 pounds of seed per acre over drilling or incorporating.
Group 3a – small seeded brassicas (mustards, rape, canola, turnips, radishes) Must be established early, about 4 weeks before the average date of a 28° F freeze. Soil temperatures needs to be greater than 45° F. Small seed size allows for good soil contact.
Group 3b – Sorghum-sudan and millet. Requires warm, moist soil conditions with soil temperature > 65° F).
Group 4 – Small seed legumes (clovers, medics, trefoils, alfalfa) Best success if drilled ¼ to ½ inch deep into the seedbed. Will establish in late winter/early spring NRCS, Iowa September 2010 4 Oilseed radish cover crop (MSU photo) as “frost seeding” when the soil surface is moist and conditions allow freezing and thawing to provide good seed-to-soil contact. Best success with sweet and red clovers.
Group 5 – Large seeded legumes (beans, vetch, peas, lupine, cowpeas) and buckwheat. Best success if drilled or incorporated. Large seeds are not recommended for aerial seeding
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