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Roundtrip Roundup: Legislative Day 2022

Pest management professionals and manufacturer representatives met up for the first three days of the National Pest Management Association’s Legislative...

5 questions with Gilles Galliou

Pest Management Professional interviewed Gilles Galliou to better understand the impact the Bayer AG and Cinven deal will have on...

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Professional pest control is an endurance sport

Dan Baldwin, of Hawx Pest Control, answers the questions of what companies can do to help retain employees by making...

Art helps PestVet heal

The National Pest Management Association and FMC named Sgt. Phillip Moore, Trutech Wildlife Service, Sarasota/Fort Myers, Fla., the 2022 David...

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Booming housing market creates opportunities

Greg Baumann, VP of Global Technical and Regulatory, shares how the booming housing market creates opportunities for the pest management...

NPMA’s job-seeker website brings results

The NPMA operates a jobseeker website, where visitors can learn about the industry, benefits and growth potential, career paths and...

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3 steps to building, and keeping, your dream team

Raleigh Jenkins, president of ABC Home & Commercial Services, shares tips on building, and keeping, your dream team.

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Make employees more than your team, make them family

Jerry Schappert, ACE, explains that firms today are trying to create a great company culture, and are striving to give...

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Here’s why the lady is a tramp (ant)

Several of the most difficult ant species to control belong to a group known as tramp ants. Tramp ants have...

Key benefit: Work/life balance

A common theme emerged as a solution to the labor shortage facing the pest control industry this year. It’s not...

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Recruiting and retaining all-stars

In this era of the “Great Resignation,” take steps to build a strong team roster.

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Reader poll: Managing customer expectations with mosquitoes

Please take a minute to answer our latest one-question reader poll: How can PMPs manage customer expectations when offering mosquito...

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Making the outdoors comfortable for customers

As opportunities for mosquito management services soar, so do profits

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The classic muscle car of pest control

A little over 50 years ago, one of the all-time great industry-related vehicles was born: the Plymouth Duster.

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Test your termite skills

Test your termite knowledge with this month's tech test from Pest Management Professional magazine.