After a lot of pressure and arguing and swearing between myself and an unnamed female higher up in the Association (kidding, but you know who you are), I relented on some points. The regional associations do a pretty good job of trying to meet your needs, and the needs of the support industries, “associate members” […]
Read More »In my on-going assault on stupidity, and basically how to make a label an unusable document, let’s do some quick math on the correct label rate. So as you remember after using Dragnet for 25 years, the rate for permethrin is and always has been 0.5% solution. Except termites. And their label has said put […]
Read More »Okay, here’s the contest and it’s easy peasy as my Granddaughter says: The first person to accurately count the number of times “Toxic to Bees” appears on the NEW DRAGNET LABEL wins! Use the label on the PMRA label search, dated last August. Simply email me with your guess…I mean count…to rpercy@gardexinc.com. I’ll give you […]
Read More »Alright, don’t yell for my span in betwixt rants, although there’s been more than enough insanity to fry my brains this summer. But like the rest of you dealing with Covid-19 and all the thrill and ills has been exhausting. Boredom is really draining you know. But damn if I wasn’t shaken out of my […]
Read More »You read it here first, there is someone actually working at the PMRA and approving new products! Maybe the cleaning staff stole a rubber stamp and is having some fun? Or they finally figured the best way to get something off their desk is to approve it? No matter the reason, it’s a welcome breath […]
Read More »Surprised I have written after being semi-isolated for the past 5 weeks. I say “semi” as there’s still doctors, drugs and digestables, and I am the designated shopper. We do share those duties a bit, but with checking in at work and running my other errands it’s just as easy to stop somewhere. Plus I […]
Read More »The US PCO Industry has successfully petitioned to get pest control services noted as an essential service. Through the NPMA? I’ll need to investigate more. But the point of this wasn’t to help the general good in the COVID fight, it’s mainly to keep a revenue stream. But are you ready to forego charges for […]
Read More »Happy New Year, and welcome back! Well, you didn’t go anywhere, I just took a break from bashing people. If any Industry should prosper in the Year of the Golden Rat, it should be Professional Pest Control. I don’t know why it’s a Golden Rat Year, so a free jug of Demand to the first […]
Read More »This year like every other I get several daily phone calls about what product to use on what insect for what location. I try not to wince too much when I await the response to “Have you read the Label?” And don’t tell smile too much when you say “Of course! I always read the […]
Read More »IPM IPM IPM. Do we really practice it much in Canada? Not really. Should we? Certainly. Do we hafta??? Once the insecticides are banned I guess so. Reason this train wreck of thought came up is I was reviewing our products and sales for the year, and one product sticks out like a sore thumb: […]
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