International Pest News
International news in brief – May/June 2015
Philipinnes: Clearing coconut logs to prevent rhinoceros beetle infestation Government crews are rushing to clear about 4m coconut trees in provinces damaged by super-typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan) in order to prevent the rhinoceros beetle from taking hold and attacking surviving trees. The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) reported that at the end of April, 9.15 […]
International news in brief – March/April 2015
Europe: IPM Strategic Research Agenda is underway The ERA-Net C-IPM is organizing a strategic research agenda (SRA) workshop that will be held on 18th March 2015 at AgroParistech 16 rue Claude Bernard, Paris. The workshop is part of the collaborative consultation process to develop the medium to long term SRA of IPM in Europe. A […]
International news in brief – January/February 2015
Germany : Bayer to divest equine assets to Merial Bayer HealthCare has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its equine products Legend®/Hyonate® (hyaluronate sodium) and Marquis® (ponazuril) to Merial, Inc.The deal is expected to close in the first quarter 2015 subject to customary conditions, including relevant merger control clearance. “This transactionwill allow our business […]
International news in brief – November/December 2014
South Africa: Owls fight rat problem in townships The Township Owl Project takes young birds rescued from perilous situations, such as when a building where they nested in is demolished and trains them in a new role of pest controller. More than 200 owls have been deployed like this over the past decade, according to […]
International news in brief – September/October 2014
UK: Chalara is quietly spreading The Chalara fraxinea surveying season for 2014 arrived in the United Kingdom (UK) with ascospores airborne and the Forestry Commission’s (FC) plant health survey teams looking for and recording outbreaks of the disease. And they are apparently finding many diseased ash trees (Fraxinus excelsior) this year and in new places […]
International news in brief – July/August 2014
EU & USA: NPMA & CEPA announce joint initiative The Confederation of European Pest Management Associations (CEPA) and the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) and are partnering to offer the first Global Summit of Pest Management Services for Public Health and Food Safety which will be held 3-5 June 2015 at the Juan-les-Pins Conference Centre […]
Call ahead and send preset notifications to customers with New Service Pro Module for ServSuite.
Columbus, OH (E- Release) – Keeping up with the trend of regular improvements of the ServSuite software, Service Pro (www.ServicePro.com) have released a new module. The ServSuite Notifications Module allows service companies to notify their customers of impending services. Notifications are an automated Call Ahead feature that provides customizable pre-recorded service reminders to help users […]
International news in brief – May/June 2014
US: NPMA block proposed changes to termite treatment code Definition of Green Termite Treatment Defeated At the International Code Council (ICC) Hearings in Memphis on Sunday, NPMA prevented a proposed change to the International Green Construction Code (IgCC). The IgCC is a model construction code used in combination with the ICC commercial codes, such as […]
