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Ag community celebrates Earth Day

The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970

By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com

Every April 22 is recognized as Earth Day, a celebration of healthy, sustainable environments. 

As stewards of the land, farmers are well aware of the Earth's contributions to making agriculture flourish.

Members of the ag community took to social media to show their appreciation for the Earth and its role in farming.

Here's a collection of some social media posts celebrating Earth Day.



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Video: Crop duster agplane flying action Conger Minnesota Air Tractor Bell 206 Jet Ranger Airailimages

It's summertime in Minnesota as a yellow Air Tractor agricultural application aircraft -- a crop duster -- responds to the control inputs of its pilot in a low-altitude dance just above the tops of the cornstalks. Enjoy! And we found a Bell 206 Long Ranger spray helicopter perched on a support truck at the edge of the cornfields, and launching from there. In our video, you can occasionally hear the rotor sounds of the crop-dusting helicopter as we see the yellow Air Tractor in a nearby field.