Crop duster

The Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office reported an emergency landing of a crop duster on Wednesday in the Lyon Point area of Acadia Parish. No injuries were reported.  Acadia Parish deputies and local fire departments responded. The name of the pilot and other details were not released. (Photo courtesy of the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office)

Crop duster make an emergency landing

The Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office reported an emergency landing of a crop duster on Wednesday in the Lyon Point area of Acadia Parish. No injuries were reported.  Acadia Parish deputies and local fire departments responded. The name of the pilot and other details were not released.

The wing of the crop duster that crashed Tuesday afternoon west of Eunice juts skyward in this photo submitted by Maxine Trahan, public information officer for the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office.

Crop duster pilot killed in Acadia Parish identified (updated)

The crop duster pilot killed in a crash Tuesday has been identified as Jed Lucas Toups, 32, of Heinen Road, Basile.
Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Wayne Melancon released the pilot’s identity Wednesday morning.

Doug Biessenberger banks his Air Tractor 502 as he seeds a rice field near Eunice. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)

Crop dusters speed planting South Louisiana’s rice

A crop duster can hold about 3,000 pounds of rice in its hopper, and getting the 26,061 acres of rice planted in St. Landry Parish takes the help of pilots like Doug Biessenberger of Mowata Flying Service and Bradley Reed of Reed Aviation.

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