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Sep 12, 2024 | 
mypmp.net | Joey Ciccolini |Tim Husen
Syngenta added Rick Anglian to its Professional Pest Management (PPM) business as the territory manager covering Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and the Florida panhandle. “We’re thrilled to have Rick join the PPM sales team,” said Berry Cothern, regional manager for PPM at Syngenta in North America. “He’s well-equipped to manage customer needs and help them drive growth for their businesses.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
mypmp.net | Greg Pettis |Mel Whitson |Matt Remmen |Tim Husen
When treating for fleas and ticks in a yard, many pest control firms offer a combo treatment. This is great for the customer — it’s a bigger bang for their buck. But the habits of these two bloodsuckers are different and your application should reflect that. Fleas are going to be down in the grass, while ticks will be at the top of grass blades as they “quest” for a host. Each requires a different application strategy.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
mypmp.net | Jamel Sandidge |Mel Whitson |Matt Remmen |Tim Husen
Recent regulations have limited the number of products that can be used to combat fleas and ticks indoors. There often are limitations on carpet applications or long re-treatment intervals. These regulations can make customers a little nervous, however, because they may continue to find these pests and suffer from bites. The biggest issue with these pests is often the sheer number present, thanks to high reproductive success.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
mypmp.net | Tim Husen |Heather Gooch
When pests like ants, cockroaches and spiders make themselves at home on customers’ properties, you can put a double assault on pests with one product. Tandem insecticide from Syngenta combines two powerful ingredients and two modes of action to control more than 90 pests, providing a single solution for your pest control needs.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
mypmp.net | Mel Whitson |Matt Remmen |Tim Husen |Mike Shields
Surges in flea and tick activity are sure to accompany the warmer weather and heavier rainfalls. Known for transmitting Lyme disease and other ailments, ticks thrive in wooded areas, tall grass and leaf litter, and near water sources. Inspect these zones carefully — along with stone walls, woodpiles and garden ground cover — to prevent tick-borne illnesses from spreading.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
mypmp.net | Tim Husen
Managing nuisance ants can be challenging. After correctly identifying the type of ant and inspecting the structure, you make a bait application next to an ant trail and conclude your service. However, the colony persists a week later, leading to customer dissatisfaction and service callbacks. Two possible reasons for this may include:1. A lack of bait acceptance. This issue relates to the food preferences and dietary needs of the colony.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
mypmp.net | Heather Gooch |Ellen Wagner |Tim Husen
Industry veteran Lisa Eppler has joined Syngenta’s North American Professional Pest Management (PPM) team as the new Western technical services manager. Eppler earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in agricultural sciences from the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany. She joined Syngenta in 2016 and held roles on the Global Insect Control and Abiotic Stress Management team and the Global Urban Pest Management team.
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Nov 2, 2023 | 
mypmp.net | Ellen Wagner |Tim Husen
Syngenta announced a multimillion-dollar investment in the production of its industry-leading gel bait for professional pest management. Syngenta is implementing innovative technology to significantly expand the capacity of gel bait syringes produced to deliver the solutions pest management professionals (PMPs) need to grow and operate successful businesses.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
mypmp.net | Anna Berry |Tim Husen |Stuart Mitchell |Pete Schopen
Store product pests (SPP) are commonly linked to specific environments such as pantries, dry food processing facilities, or the baking aisle of a grocery store. Sometimes, we hastily identify an insect as SPP solely based on the environment where we encounter it.
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Oct 20, 2023 | 
mypmp.net | Pete Schopen |Tim Husen |Stuart Mitchell |William Robinson
For those of you who have been following my antics in this great magazine for the past 17 years, you know I tend to stretch myself too thin sometimes. By my fifth year in business, Schopen Pest Solutions was really taking shape. I had hired two techs and I was starting to form an idea of what my standard operating procedures (SOPs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) would look like. Everything was going great.
