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Blower Technology Keeps Advancing
For landscapers looking to replace or upgrade their leaf blowers for the first time in several years, the first thing they’ll notice is that there are more lower-noise leaf blower options on the market. Most manufacturers offer commercial-grade leaf blower models with sound ratings at or below 65 dBA. “There’s ...
The NHLA Goes to Washington
MIAMI, Fla. — The National Hispanic Landscape Alliance (NHLA), will join the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP), in honoring American veterans during the country’s largest industry Day of Service event at Arlington National Cemetery. Participants will also be visiting their members of Congress to advocate for the issues that ...
7 Irrigation Scheduling Tips For Contractors
Jeff Stoddart, water conservation manager for Rain Bird Corporation, offers these simple tips that contractors can use to help educate themselves and their customers about the importance of water-efficient irrigation scheduling. 1. Educate yourself on irrigation practices and technologies. The more you know about irrigation, the better resource you can ...
DOL Releases Proposal to Expand Overtime Protections
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, June 30, the Department of Labor announced a proposed rule that would extend overtime protections to nearly 5 million white collar workers within the first year of its implementation. Failure to update the overtime regulations has left an exception to overtime eligibility originally meant for ...
Ag Group Says 2,4-D Report Needlessly Alarms Public
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) said that the recent labeling of 2,4-D as a possible carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) causes confusion and should not be the basis for banning useful crop-protection tools, reports Crop Production News. In its second report this year, the IARC ...
Beekeepers Group Opposes EPA’s Bee Protection Proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A beekeepers group is opposing EPA’s recent proposal to protect bees from acutely toxic pesticides, arguing the plan applies largely in situations where pesticides’ risks to bees are already mitigated by the terms of pollination contracts and fails to address risks of synergistic effects of multiple pesticides ...
A Trillion Gallons of Water Saved with the help of WaterSense
More than 3,000 water utilities, organizations, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, builders, and irrigation professionals certified through WaterSense labeled programs have helped the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) create, educate, rebate, and communicate WaterSense labeled products to consumers. The result? More than 1.1 trillion gallons of water saved, not to mention reducing ...
Illinois Beekeeper Responds To Claims That Neonics Responsible For Bee Colony Collapse
ST. LOUIS, Mo. —William Klopfenstein, a long-time beekeeper in Edwardsville, Illinois, made his opinion known to readers of the St. Louis Dispatch newspaper on the controversy surrounding the alleged role of neonictinoid insecticides in honeybee deaths. In his letter to the editor, which appeared in the newpaper’s final edition on ...
Mosquitoes and Weeds Win with New Clean Water Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. — RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment) cannot support the Clean Water Rule published today because it will negatively impact public health and safety significantly. The rule creates an overreach of federal power by requiring permits for pesticide application near any collected water, no matter how small ...
