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Want to keep up with the latest news in lawn care and landscaping? Check back every Thursday for a quick recap of recent happenings in the green industry. Ruppert Adds Software Development Team Ruppert Landscape has added a software development team within the company’s IT department. Emil Saweros, a 6-year ...

2017 Product Roundup: Insecticides

ArborJet TREE-äge insecticide from ArborJet provides emerald ash borer control. Designed for use with tree injection devices, its active ingredient emamectin benzoate is a glycoside and is active against immature and adult stages of arthropods. It is also effective against bagworm, fall webworm, gypsy moth, mimosa webworm, oak worm, pine ...

Alabama Lawn Pros Wins Ride-On Sprayer at GIE+EXPO

Dow AgroSciences gave away a sprayer/spreader during the GIE+EXPO during a live drawing on Oct. 23.

Dow AgroSciences Giveaway Winner To Be Announced at GIE+EXPO

Join Dow AgroSciences at the GIE+Expo when we announce the first winner of the Defend Your Turf Giveaway. One lucky lawn care operator will win a Z-Spray Z-Max sprayer or a PermaGreen Triumph sprayer to use in their operation. A second winner will be selected after the show. The announcement ...

U.S. Court Rules EPA was Wrong to Approve Dow Pesticide Harmful to Bees

A U.S. appeals court ruled that federal regulators erred in allowing a Dow AgroSciences insecticide onto the market. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, cancels the insecticide’s approval and is significant for commercial beekeepers and others who say a dramatic decline ...

Expert Support Added to Dow AgroSciences T&O Business

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Dow AgroSciences has added expert support to its turf and ornamental business. Chris Moyer has been named marketing communications manager supporting both the T&O and pest management businesses. He joined Dow AgroSciences in 2011 as a T&O sales representative covering eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Before that, ...

Dow AgroSciences Refutes WHO Claim 2,4-D Possibly Carcinogenic

The World Health Organization added 2,4-D to its list of potential carcinogens, reports Bloomberg.com. The International Agency for Research on Cancer, a Lyon, France-based arm of the WHO, said Tuesday in a statement that 2,4-D is “possibly carcinogenic to humans”—and this is based on limited evidence from laboratory animal studies ...

Senator Kelly Ayotte to Speak at Renewal and Remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery

HERNDON, Va. — The National Association of Landscape Professionals announced that Senator Kelly Ayotte R-N.H. will address the volunteers gathered at Arlington National Cemetery on July 20, 2015, for the annual Renewal & Remembrance volunteer service event. Renewal & Remembrance is the association’s signature volunteer service event, which is part ...

Dow AgroScience Committed To Growth Despite Cuts

MIDLAND, Mich. — The Dow Chemical Company has announced a series of actions to further streamline the organization and optimize its footprint as a result of the company’s pending separation of a significant portion of its chlorine value chain. Dow has shifted its portfolio toward targeted, integrated high-value markets, and ...