Sameer Thawer Operations Manager Ecopest Inc. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada How did you get started in the industry? As a summer field technician. Did you have any mentors along the way? Amin Poonja (founder of Ecopest). We met in coincidence when he hired me as summer technician. He from a very young age guided my wife and I in our educational ...

NPMA Commercial Committee delivers a presentation to AIB International on electronic pest monitoring Food manufacturers and the pest-management companies they rely upon have a new tool for ensuring food safety as part of an integrated pest-management strategy. That was the message delivered in June by the NPMA Commercial Committee, which was invited to give a presentation on electronic pest monitoring ...

The tawny crazy ant, Nylanderia fulva, is a highly invasive pest from South America that has invaded the southeastern United States. This ant’s exact point and time of introduction into the U.S. is unclear. In 2002, a pest management professional discovered a large population of unknown ants in Pasadena, Texas. This unknown species looked identical to another pest ant found in ...

Preemption is a legal concept that is important to every member of the pest control industry. In broad terms, preemption refers to one type of law supplanting or barring another type of law. There are two general categories of preemption: (1) federal preemption of state and local law, and (2) state preemption of local law. This article summarizes preemption basics ...

As all of official Washington, D.C. eagerly awaits the daily tweet storm from 1600 Penn, and most of Capitol Hill seems locked in endless partisan displays of bravado, the agricultural community and its allies are hard at work preparing for the once-every-five-year slugfest, the “Farm Bill.” The Farm Bill is an omnibus, multi-year law that governs an array of agricultural ...

By Francisco San Miguel, Past President of Puerto Rico Pest Control Association I kindly received a communication from Dr. Jim Fredericks to inquire about my island’s well-being after the level 5 Hurricane María demolished Puerto Rico. María ravaged our island on September 20 when its eye made landfall with category 4 average wind gusts of 155 mph and the catastrophic ...

Four goals set during the P3 Summit will shape the pest management industry’s future On May 18-20, the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) hosted the P3 Summit at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida. During this interactive strategic planning session, nearly 100 industry professionals came together, including Board members from the NPMA, the Professional Pest Management Alliance (PPMA) and ...

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2016 Onsite Program digital edition now available! PestWorld 2016 is now in session! You can keep up with the show’s schedule of events with your handy digital copy of the Onsite Program. Inside you’ll also find a variety of features including: 2016 PestWorld highlights Full event schedule Exhibit floor plan Director of Exhibitors Click here to start reading, and enjoy ...

Presented by NPMA in partnership with Bayer, Vision 2020 is a multi-year initiative that will identify future trends and equip the industry to enhance its value to society in the midst of emerging societal, economic, technological and regulatory issues. In this article, we will explore future trends in each of these four areas. SOCIETY AND DEMOGRAPHICS Nothing will affect the ...