Crop dusting pilots are unsung heroes vital to agriculture, performing tasks like spreading fertilizers and insecticides, protecting lands, and drying crops within a proud, tight-knit community.

Until I heard from Carlos Gomez, I hadn’t given much thought to agricultural aviation, more commonly known as crop dusting, and its relation to the South Bay. Gomez mentioned his father Antonio once ...

ILLINOIS — In Northern Illinois, cornfields are a familiar sight and they play a vital role in the region’s economy and food supply. “A lot of things are made from corn, hundreds and hundreds of ...