Maryland Department of Agriculture is advising rural residents to expect an increase in low-flying airplanes, helicopters, and drones until October 10, 2025. Farmers participating in Maryland’s Cover Crop Program will be using aerial seeding to plant cereal grains and other types of cover crops in their fields to protect local waterways from nutrient runoff, reduce erosion, and enhance their soil’s health for spring cash crops.
“Aerial seeding is a fast and efficient way to plant fall cover crops,” said Maryland Agriculture Secretary Kevin Atticks. “It is used to plant cover crop seeds into standing corn. This gives the cover crop more time to grow before the cool weather arrives, boosting its ability to capture and recycle unused nutrients left over from the previous corn crop that might otherwise wash into local waterways and the Chesapeake Bay,” he explained. “Residents of rural Maryland should anticipate an increase in low-flying aircraft over the next few weeks as aerial seeding takes place.”
Source : maryland.gov