page_title: Aerial topdressing
hierarchical_section_title: Aerial topdressing
caption_attribution_description: English: A PAC Cresco aircraft working in hilly terrain. The fertilizer is being discharged from between the wings.
context_page_description: Aerial topdressing is the aerial application of fertilisers over farmland using agricultural aircraft. It was developed in New Zealand in the 1940s and rapidly adopted elsewhere in the 1950s.
context_section_description: Aerial topdressing is the aerial application of fertilisers over farmland using agricultural aircraft. It was developed in New Zealand in the 1940s and rapidly adopted elsewhere in the 1950s.
caption: A PAC Cresco aircraft in action, with the fertiliser emerging from between the wings.
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