Typically, summer skies over rural Ohio offer quiet, peaceful scenes of sunbeams through puffy, white clouds, bookended by sunrises and sunsets that are so post worthy that pictures overtake social media feeds statewide. Every once in a while though, the picturesque bright blue backdrop doubles as the canvas for an equally impressive air show from a silver and black aerial applicator, better known as a crop duster.
That one-seat plane is more than likely being expertly piloted by Brian Fisher. His company, Fisher’s Crop Care by Air, based in Knox County, applies important nutrients and crop protection products to over 100,000 acres of Ohio corn, soybean and wheat fields each growing season.