Earlier this year the Biden Administration issued an Executive Order on America’s Supply chains, which focuses on the supply chains for several groups of commodities and services, with the goal of strengthening these supply chains. One of the listed areas was the production of agricultural commodities and food products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has opened comments requesting information on America’s food supply chain, and NPMA will be providing comments on the essential role pest management plays in ensuring that food, as well as the facilities that process and sell it, are kept pest free. The rule originally called for comments this Friday, but USDA has made the decision to extend an additional 30 days to allow interested parties time to prepare comments.
June 6, 2021 is World Pest Day, a multinational event established to raise awareness among the public, government and media about the important role that the pest control industry plays in protecting health, food, property and the environment from pest health threats. Join pest control professionals across the world in recognition and celebration of the invaluable impact the industry has on our everyday lives and well-being. NPMA has developed an exclusive toolkit of turnkey materials for members to use in their own publicity efforts on the international awareness day. The toolkit contains a customizable press release, Facebook and Twitter cover photos as well as profile frames, and suggested day-of social media content. NPMA members can access the toolkit here.
A special thanks to Orkin for their support of World Pest Day.
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NPMA members in many U.S. states now have the option to renew their membership online! We are looking forward to a great 2021-2022 year and hope you will continue to support us. Your support is instrumental to promoting our industry and the important work we do to protect health and property from pests that transmit disease and cause destruction. ![](https://www.naylornetwork.com/npma-ePestWorld/assets/Membership%20renew%20button.jpg)
New NPMA BugBytes Podcast Episode – Available Now!
In this episode we cover new research on an interesting approach to controlling a food-infesting beetle, we breakdown the true costs of invasive pests around the globe, and how to stop book lice with special guest Cleveland Dixon of Holiday Termite & Pest Control.
Listen now at www.npmabugbytes.org or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
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Join us July 29-31 in Myrtle Beach for quality educational sessions covering WDO inspections, rodenticide stewardship, bed bug management, COVID business issues, and MORE!
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It is with great sadness that we share the passing of David Cooksey, former co-owner of McCall Service and retired United States Air Force Colonel. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorial donations be made to the “Bayside Wounded Warrior Fund.” Nicole, Beau, Jon, Luke and Kelly intend to use contributions to this account to address education and other support needs of military spouses and families that find themselves grieving the loss of a service member. The family will select and make awards aligned with what they know Dave would have done. Donations should be made payable to the Bayside Wounded Warrior Fund LLC, and sent to: Attn: Andrew Wilfong, 1048 Anchor Road, St. Johns, FL 32259.
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![](https://www.naylornetwork.com/npma-ePestWorld/assets/Scherzinger.jpg) Since we couldn't have a large gathering of people for our company cookout our management team tracked down our people in the field to give them a gift card for lunch and some cold drinks.
Here are some of the pictures we captured. We appreciate all of our team members here at Scherzinger!
Massey Services is pleased to announce their donation to the onePULSE Foundation headquarters in Orlando, Florida.
AP News A late-summer drought virtually eliminated ticks in parts of New England but they’re back with a vengeance this spring.
NBC Chicago Los Angeles was ranked at number one, knocking out Atlanta, which held the top spot for the last seven years.
Fox News The Brood X cicadas are now in full force along the Eastern Seaboard. Especially Washington, DC. And, even more specifically, around the U.S. Capitol.
KHOU Experts say termites love the rain and they're more likely to survive in a wet environment.
CBS 46 Officials in Union County say the county’s 911 center has had an unusual number of calls reporting house alarms. When deputies arrive, they inform the caller that the noise they’re hearing is actually the mating call of a rare species of insect.
Lolly Daskal Good leadership is focused on others, but self-serving leadership undermines that principle to focus on the ego and the symptoms can take hold and begin damaging your leadership before you’re even aware.
Three Star Leadership When you accept the position of leadership, you will touch lives. That is leadership’s sacred trust. Here are some thoughts about how to live up to that sacred trust.
Chief Executive You've got to be able to talk to someone—but who? (Hint: It shouldn't be the board.)
Fast Company Virtual teams are the future of the workplace, writes Keith Ferrazzi, but they must reboot to incorporate asynchronous collaboration.
Lead Change Group Power is a good thing when used effectively. The more power you have, the more able you are to direct, influence, and inspire people to make positive changes.
Tanveer Naseer Leadership A middle manager role is the toughest job in any company: that of a person who must influence in all directions to do his/her job well.
NBC News The insects are emerging from underground for the first time in 17 years to take part in a noisy, monthlong mating ritual.
Entomology Today It’s not enough to know mosquito abundance in a given area. Rather, the rate at which mosquitoes and humans actually come into contact is critical to better understanding and modeling mosquito-borne disease transmission, say a group of researchers in a new paper.
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