Friday, June 19, 2026

Drone spraying gets ok


 

The federal health department is granting permission to use drones to spray fields.


The permission applies to pesticides and crops already approved for aerial applications.


The permission came in the form of a letter Health Canada issued to the Canadian Agricultural Drone Association.

Health Canada – i.e. the Pest Management Review Agency – said this is an interim measure.

“Previously there were no agricultural pesticides approved by PMRA to apply by drone at all, so there was literally nothing that could be applied legally,” said Markus Weber, president of the Canadian Agricultural Drone Association.