NAAA Participating in Ag on the Mall Next Week - National Agricultural Aviation Association

Next week, NAAA will educate policymakers and the public on agricultural aviation’s importance and environmental benefits at Ag on the Mall, May 6-8. The event will take place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., near the Smithsonian Metro stop between the Capitol building and the Washington Monument. NAAA’s booth space #31 will be next to the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum. NAAA sent a press release to agriculture and aviation media earlier this week announcing our Association’s participation.

NAAA is excited to have a Bell Jet Ranger helicopter from Allen Chorman & Sons in Milton, DE. Thank you to Jeff Chorman and his staff, as well as Glenn Martin of Helicopter Applicators Inc. in Gettysburg, PA, for supplying the truck and trailer for transporting and exhibiting the helicopter. The NAAA booth will also feature panels on the industry’s history, environmental benefit fact sheets, and Flying For Your Food brochures.

NAAA staff, along with NAAA President Ray Newcomb, NAAA Secretary Joel Meyer, and 2024 NAAREF President Perry Hofer, will educate visitors about the industry.

Ag on the Mall celebrates modern agriculture, featuring nearly 30 exhibiting associations and companies from grower to applicator groups to ag equipment manufacturers. The event is being organized by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers and the theme is “The Future of Food & Farming.” Ag on the Mall will feature hands-on displays of modern equipment and technology for the public to learn how the latest ag equipment, crop inputs, data and technology work together to drive agriculture’s tradition of producing more with less. Key policymakers from the executive and legislative branches will also attend the events and exhibits.

NAAA last participated in this event in March 2022 and spoke with the bypassing public and a multitude of policymakers, regulators, media members and everyday citizens, including Sens. John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Cindy Hyde-Sith (R-Miss.), EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs and EPA’s Office of Water.