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Strategic planning helps set, meet goals

Strategic planning is not simply about setting specific revenue and growth goals. From my perspective, it’s instead about asking and...

Take 3 steps to go ‘back to school’

The busy season of August is upon us, which means it’s also back to school season. Back to school means...

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Using technology to change growth and profitability models

As the world becomes more technology-enabled and advanced, there always seem to be business owners who can figure out a...

Do your part to improve public perception

Jerry Shappert, ACE, asks pest management professionals to reflect on how they are perceived by the public.

Yeast-based biopesticide could be future control method for PMPs

Arecent success in controlling the Colorado potato beetle using a novel yeast delivery technology for ribonucleic acid leads Renaissance BioScience...

Tree squirrels: Order Rodentia, Family Sciuridae

Every once in a while, tree squirrels enter structures and cause damage. Common pest species include the gray squirrel (Sciurus...

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The Business Theater: Treating bed bugs in commercial accounts

Controlling bed bugs at commercial accounts can keep pest management professionals on the edge of their seats.

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Artificial intelligence in the pest control industry

We asked Pest Management Professional’s columnists and editorial advisory board members share about artificial intelligence (AI) in the pest control industry....

5 questions with Marlin Voss

This month, we check in with Marlin Voss. This former oil rig worker-turned-landscaper-turned pest management professional has built his Carlsbad,...

Photo Finish: Stored Product Protection Conference

Westfield, Ind.-based Insects Limited hosted its 14th Stored Product Protection Conference on the Purdue University campus in West Lafayette, Ind....

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Back to the basics

Let me tell you about a mistake I made recently while helping an industry colleague troubleshoot an ongoing pest issue...

Reader poll: AI in the pest management industry

Please take a minute to answer our latest one-question reader poll: How do you think artificial intelligence (AI) will affect...

Envu TruDetx Launch Event

From June 6 to June 7, during National Bed Bug Awareness Week (June 4-10), the Envu Professional Pest Management team...

My year with Mrs. Adams

In his June column, Jerry Schappert, ACE, introduced you to Mrs. Adams, an elderly hoarder for whom, back in 1984,...

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Rats in Paradise

Bell Laboratories helps with the eradication of invasive rats and mice from the Galápagos island Floreana.