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Last Chance For Current Special Offer With Bayer’s NOW Solutions Program
From now through September 30, Bayer is providing a special offer as part of the NOW Solutions program, making it a good time to purchase lawn solutions like Celsius® XTRA, and Tetrino™. Savings in four different ways include: off-invoice volume discounts; select product rebates; agronomic pairing incentives; and NOW/Fall Purchase Tier Rebates. Celsius XTRA combines the broadleaf control of Celsius® with the added control of sedges to create one broad-spectrum solution for postemergence weed control. It’s possible to save up to 12.2% with the NOW Solutions program. Tetrino — featuring the new active ingredient tetraniliprole — is now available for purchase in California. It controls white grub, bluegrass billbugs, fallarmy worm, and more. “With the availability of Tetrino, superintendents and lawn care operators in California now have one solution with flexible application timing to control the toughest, turf-damaging insects,” said Dr. Zac Reicher, technical service turfgrass manager – west region of the Bayer U.S. Turf & Ornamentals business. “Other options for managing these pests require multiple products and strict application windows.” In addition to flexible application timing, landscapers and LCOs can incorporate it into other management programs for treating pests like chinch bugs, caterpillars, and billbugs. Absorbed through the roots and shoots of the turf, tetraniliprole causes immediate cessation of insect feeding following exposure. Savings of up to 13.4% with the NOW Solutions program are possible. In additional Bayer news, Densicor is now available for purchase in New York, providing disease control without the worry of damaging or thinning turf. ...
Get The Best Prices On PBI-Gordon Products: Here’s How
PBI-Gordon Corporation, will be offering its best prices on its most popular products starting tomorrow through November 18, 2022 through its Early Order Program (EOP). The 2022 EOP features 16 qualifying products, including Union® Fungicide SC, Q4® Plus Turf Herbicide for Grassy & Broadleaf Weeds, Segway® Fungicide SC, and SpeedZone® EW Broadleaf Herbicide for Turf. Program participants who have registered online in previous years will be automatically enrolled in the 2022 EOP. Level 1 EOP program participants ($500-$999) can earn an additional 15% rebate. Level II EOP participants ($1,000 or more) can earn an additional rebate of 25%. All orders must be made through a PBI-Gordon distributor. More information on the program and access to the Rebate Calculator and Planning Tool can be found here. Staffing News Employee-owned PBI-Gordon has also made several promotions and hires over the Summer. These include: Eric Smith has been promoted to vice president of regulatory, formulation, and GLP. Most recently, Smith was senior director of regulatory, formulation, and GLP. After holding regulatory and research positions with United Industries Corporation and Incyte Genomics, Smith joined PBI-Gordon in 2014 as federal registrations manager – responsible for the management of all FIFRA-related regulatory actions in support of the registration and sale of PBI-Gordon products. Since then, Smith’s duties have expanded to include oversight of the company’s lab services team, oversight of state and federal regulatory affairs, the development and execution of strategic and tactical plans, and staff mentorship. Smith is a graduate of Milliken University, holding B.S. ...
Finding Emerald Ash Borer: Watching Woodpeckers & Early ID
Robert Haight, a Forest Service researcher in St. Paul, Minnesota, has proposed a more strategic approach to saving ash trees: identifying beetle-infested trees before they show signs of damage. One way, he says, involves searching for woodpeckers. The emerald ash borer (EAB) hides its eggs in bark crevices and tunnels deeply within trees — invisible to humans, but not to woodpeckers. They pick at the tree’s bark, searching for tasty grubs. Along with other research colleagues from the Northern Research Station, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and the College of Saint Rose, Haight has developed a new model that combines a map of a city’s ash trees with a summary of their health. Multiple health categories denote unaffected, newly infested, and long-term infested trees. These highly specific categories improve upon previous models, allowing for more accurate forecasts of tree health. These forecasts help city planners economize EAB management. For example, they can decide where to protect healthy trees by inoculating them with insecticide and where to remove low-value specimens. Trees can endure infestations for a few years before exhibiting outward signs of damage, like yellowing leaves and dying branches. Once branches begin to die, insecticides may no longer prevent damage and death. Detecting vulnerable trees early gives arborists and others more opportunities for intervention. This new model, combined with other treatment options, informs and improves ash tree defense. Haight noted that tree care providers can track locations of potentially infested trees by searching for signs of the beetle ...
Finding Emerald Ash Borer: Watching Woodpeckers & Early ID
Robert Haight, a Forest Service researcher in St. Paul, Minnesota, has proposed a more strategic approach to saving ash trees: identifying beetle-infested trees before they show signs of damage. One way, he says, involves searching for woodpeckers. The emerald ash borer (EAB) hides its eggs in bark crevices and tunnels deeply within trees — invisible to humans, but not to woodpeckers. They pick at the tree’s bark, searching for tasty grubs. Along with other research colleagues from the Northern Research Station, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and the College of Saint Rose, Haight has developed a new model that combines a map of a city’s ash trees with a summary of their health. Multiple health categories denote unaffected, newly infested, and long-term infested trees. These highly specific categories improve upon previous models, allowing for more accurate forecasts of tree health. These forecasts help city planners economize EAB management. For example, they can decide where to protect healthy trees by inoculating them with insecticide and where to remove low-value specimens. Trees can endure infestations for a few years before exhibiting outward signs of damage, like yellowing leaves and dying branches. Once branches begin to die, insecticides may no longer prevent damage and death. Detecting vulnerable trees early gives arborists and others more opportunities for intervention. This new model, combined with other treatment options, informs and improves ash tree defense. Haight noted that tree care providers can track locations of potentially infested trees by searching for signs of the beetle ...
Fun Facts For Diatomaceous Earth Day!
It’s National Diatomaceous Earth Day on Saturday, August 31! Most landscapers are “in the know” about this useful sedimentary rock for two reasons. First, it’s a great all natural insecticide that when sprinkled on lawns will actually slice into and kill insect bodies without harming plants. Second, it’s also an effective component in natural soil amendments to reduce water usage, improve drainage, reduce compaction and improve soil structure. Diatomaceous earth, also known as DE, is found in large deposits worldwide and mined primarily in the United States, Mexico, Chile, Peru, France, Spain, Denmark, and China. Discovered by Peter Kasten in Germany around 1836, DE is known for its absorbency, filtration properties, polishing properties and stabilizing qualities. Long before Kasten’s discovery, though, the world was using diatomaceous earth. Ancient Greeks used it as an abrasive as well as a building material in light-weight bricks. In pre-historic times, diatomite was used in ice-age cave paintings in France. Today, DE is one of the most useful and durable substances known. DE sees nearly ubiquitous use in the filtration of liquids, including, beer, wine, water (for swimming), chemicals, food and pharmaceuticals; DE provides the “flatting” in almost all flat paints; DE prevents blocking in plastic film; and when oil is spilled, DE is often the first choice to absorb it. While still being formed today, some of the deposits of DE developed millions of years ago. DE deposits are formed as diatoms, which are single celled plants, fall to the bottom of bodies of ...
