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Pesticides Increasingly Under Attack In State Legislatures
Op Ed: The National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) urges advocacy. The National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) will hold its ELEVATE conference and expo on September 18-21 in Orlando, FL. In anticipation, Turf talked to NALP executives about increasing efforts at state levels to restrict or ban common pesticides. ...
Bayer Environmental Science To Become Envu
Bayer’s Environmental Science Professional business today announced it will become Envu as a standalone company, contingent on the successful close of Cinven’s acquisition of the business from Bayer*. Pronounced “ehn-VIEW”, the name is derived from “environment” and “vision” and developed with input from both employees and customers around the world. ...
New Mosquito Control To Start Further U.S. Field Trials
As Summer mosquitoes make their annoying presence known, scientists at Valent BioSciences LLC are working on a new pesticide to battle the disease carriers. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently granted Valent an Experimental Use Permit (EUP) to perform further field studies of VBC-60748, a new mosquito space spray targeting ...
‘Biblical’ Cricket & Grasshopper Swarms Spur Oregon Program
Some private landowners can now be reimbursed for pesticide costs. ARLINGTON, Ore. (AP) — Driving down a windy canyon road in northern Oregon rangeland, Jordan Maley and April Aamodt are on the look out for Mormon crickets, giant insects that can ravage crops and properties. “There’s one right there,” Aamodt ...
Federal Legislation Aims To Ban Certain Pesticides
RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment)® joined more than 350 pesticide user organizations this week, sending a letter to all members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives voicing support for the pesticide regulatory system currently in place under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) of ...
Get Equipped: Pesticides
Take a look at this assortment of pesticides, fungicides, insecticides and more that can add value to your professional lawn care and landscaping services. EcoCore™ From Atticus Atticus, LLC has rebranded its professional non-crop market business to EcoCore™; “Chemistry at the Core of Environmental Wellness.” EcoCore herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides ...
RISE Elects Leadership, Honors Volunteers During 31st Annual Meeting
Nearly 500 participants representing companies that provide pest and plant health solutions for the specialty pesticide and agriculture markets met in Aventura, FL September 12-15, 2021 to collaborate, strengthen relationships and share information. The joint annual meeting of RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment)® and CropLife America took place ...
Forest Service Helps Defend 9/11 Witness Trees From Insect Threat
By Melanie Brezniak Eastern Region, USDA Forest Service Twenty years have passed since the 9/11 attacks, yet there’s a feeling of permanence in a hemlock grove that stands where so many lives were lost that day in southwestern Pennsylvania. Here, the Flight 93 National Memorial draws visitors to the grove’s ...
Research Breakthroughs For Better Mosquito Control?
Spraying properties for mosquito control can be a great way to add to a landscaper’s services. Yet menacing mosquitoes continue to plague many with itchy summertime bites, not to mention spreading serious diseases such as Zika, West Nile virus, Chikungunya virus, dengue, malaria, and Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Luckily, recent news ...
