Who would have guessed that in 1999, when West Nile Virus (WNV) started its sweep across the United States, a major paradigm shift would begin in the role pest management companies play in protecting people’s health? It didn’t take long for pest management professionals (PMPs) to begin conversations and lay the groundwork for a line […]
integrated pest management (IPM)
How IPM helps beat bed bugs in multi-family housing
Luis Agurto Jr., president of San Francisco-based Pestec, and his team work with like-minded partners that take the principles of integrated pest...
Gary Bennett highlights Purdue urban IPM programs
Gary Bennett, professor of urban pest management within the department of entomology at Purdue University, gives updates about the university’s...
Cockroach control: How to educate clients
Sustaining long-term cockroach control for your accounts means being thorough from the start. Along with an inspection and treatment, educating...
ADA Fiechter earns IPM award
The year: 2008. The place: Nassau County, N.Y. — the Village of Hempstead in particular. As Nassau’s assistant district attorney...
Dr. Corrigan wins IPM award
Dr. Robert Corrigan, a Pest Management Professional magazine Hall of Famer (Class of 2008), has earned an Excellence in IPM...
Students release lady beetles for IPM in educational greenhouse
A group of 4-H students released 1,300 Asian lady beetles (Harmonia axyridis) into a Geothermal Greenhouse Partnership (GGP) greenhouse in Pagosa Springs,...
Pest Invasion set for April 25
South Elgin, Ill.-based McCloud Services’ annual Pest Invasion integrated pest management and food safety seminar will take place on Tuesday,...
IPM for Food Plants set for June
RK Pest Management invites all pest management professionals (PMPs) with a food-handling focus to the annual “IPM for Food Plants” seminar....
Q&A: Closing sales, marketing with IPM and crawl line advertising
Q: How can I get my sales team to increase their closing percentages? You’ll see significant increases in your close...
Bennett receives collegiate association award
Dr. Gary Bennett, a Pest Management Professional Hall of Famer (Class of 2006) and coordinator of Purdue University’s Urban and Industrial...
NPMA releases Food BMPs for 2016
The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) has released its 2016 Pest Management Standards for Food Processing and Handling Facilities. Since 2007,...
Restaurant roach removal
Cockroach treatment for commercial restaurant accounts requires a little something extra. The public, as well as your commercial customers, is...
iPest Control: MouseStop
For 25 years, MouseStop has been used by professionals to easily and instantly seal seams, cracks and holes to prevent...
3 steps to mouse baiting success
When using snap traps for house mice, the wisdom is the more, the merrier. That’s not the case for rodenticide...
Target Specialty Products: Monitoring Options
Monitoring for insects is a critical part of your integrated pest management (IPM) program, and the right monitor ensures that...