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Farmers and aerial applicators warn turbines could complicate spraying, raise aquifer and cleanup concerns
Summary
A member of the Mississippi Agricultural Aviation Association told senators wind turbines placed across farmland could complicate GPS-guided aerial applications, raise costs for growers, and pose unresolved questions about shallow aquifers and hazardous-waste cleanup after turbine damage.
Glenn Holloway, a member of the Mississippi Agricultural Aviation Association who represented aerial applicators during testimony to the Mississippi Senate Energy and Senate Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks committees, told lawmakers that wind turbines placed within farmland could interfere with precision aerial applications and raise both operational and environmental concerns.
Holloway said Bolivar County and other Delta areas are heavily agricultural and depend on precise GPS-guided aerial spraying; turbines in “odd configurations” could force pilots…
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