What’s with the low-flying planes over NJ? The real reason they’re buzzing towns Jen Ursillo Published: September 9, 2025 Air seeding will continue through Sept. 15 in parts of north and central New Jersey (Photo Credit: North Jersey Resource Conservation and Development)

✈ Low-flying planes may be seen over parts of New Jersey

✈ They are seeding thousands of acres of farmland with cover crops

✈ Seeding will continue through Sept. 15

If you live in certain areas of northern and central New Jersey and see some low-flying planes hovering about, don’t panic.

Chances are, these planes are seeding.

From now until Sept. 15, planes will blanket 4,200 acres of New Jersey cropland with cover crops, an all-natural mixture of annual ryegrass, winter rye, and crimson clover seeds.

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