Aerial applicators are using helicopters and airplanes to apply fungicide on the corn crop in the area, with some farmers beginning to sow cover crops in the same manner.
Trigg County Agriculture Extension Agent Graham Cofield says residents will see aircraft passing over cornfields at a low altitude.
Cofield says he has not seen any major problems with fungus on the corn crop yet, but farmers preparing just in case.
He adds some farmers around the area are hiring the aerial applicators to sow cover crops.
Cofield says airplanes are more commonly used to sow cover crops around the region. He adds now is the time to schedule the cover crop application while they are in the area.
