Crop-dusters out in force; spraying raises concerns

HOMER – Kent Krukewitt looked at three years' worth of research and signed up early to have fungicide and insecticide sprayed on his valuable corn crop.

"Based on the research results, especially from last year, it looked like a paying proposition, so we ended up spraying all our corn on corn and also our white food-grade corn," Krukewitt said. "We've done some in the past, but not on the scale we're doing it this year."

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