Austin, TX (PRWEB) October 30, 2012

Alterra Pest Control blasts by their national goal of 50,000 new accounts in a single summeran unprecedented feat never seen before by the pest control industry. As USA Today correctly predicted, this summer proved to indeed be a Bug Bonanza. An uncharacteristically warm winter and spring lured pests out a bit earlier this year, and in record numbers. Texas saw increases in spiders, wasps, roaches and fire ants. Alterra Pest Control was ready.

At the beginning of the year, Alterra Pest Control set the specific goal of attracting 50,000 new customers in 2012. They opened 13 new locations Nationwide and in May alone added a combined total of over 10,000 new customers. As the summer progressed, it was clear that Alterra would far exceed their growth-goal for 2012. The recently opened location in the Austin area contributed approximately 2,950 new customer accounts to the staggering overall 53,000 new customers that joined Alterras service this summer.

Alterra knew that the potential for growth in 2012 was huge, and they approached this opportunity with careful planning. They wanted to be able to support their new customer base with progressive, environmentally responsible pest control as well as to increase the quality of their customers lives with every Alterra interaction.

This year we significantly fine-tuned our training programs for both the sales and operations teams. We have completely revamped our process manuals, training videos, and weekly technical trainings. We are also grateful to our Chief Customer Officer, Derrick Royce, for developing Alterra University, a wide variety of customized trainings to help improve overall customer service. Vess Pearson, President

While Alterra Pest Control has never made a secret of their growth-goals, their company was aiming for a more specific kind of growth: better, not just bigger.

Alterras goal for 2012 was to build a better company, not just a bigger one, says CEO, David Royce, about growth. Alterras family environment and core values help to strengthen our teams willingness to WOW customers, promote referrals and feel part of something special on a daily basis. We give all the credit to this summers Alterra service team and the many long hard hours put in to make this extraordinary achievement possible.

Alterra firmly maintains that it is their people who are important, both their employees and their customers.

I attribute Alterras massive growth to each one of our employees diligently living by our 10 Core Values, which are the back bone of our culture, says Royce about his staff and company culture. In any business, you have to get the right people onboard to ensure long-term success.

With their focus on the customers experience, the value they place on a customers referrals, and the companys conscientious and environmentally responsible methods of pest elimination, Alterra Pest Control certainly seems positioned on the path for sustained growth and success in Texas and beyond. To find out more about Alterras core values, go to Alterras website at http://www.alterrapest.com/about_us

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Special offer will provide Folsom residents with a free pest control service. The added value of exceptional customer service and a pest free home are something Folsom residents cannot afford to pass up.

Folsom, CA (PRWEB) October 31, 2012

Pest control service all year around is essential to keeping your home free of spiders, ants, and many other pests which plague homeowners. Specialized Pest Patrol develops great rapport and history with their customers, all of whom depend on living in a bug-free home.

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While the first service free offer only applies to new customers, current customers are encouraged to recommend Specialized Pest Patrol to friends and neighbors as well. With each new customer referral, current customers will receive an additional free service. Specialized Pest Patrol has a proven track record throughout Folsom for keeping residents homes protected from bugs.

Specialized Pest Patrol maintains steadfast dedication to working with products which maximize the safety of humans and pets and to provide the absolute best service to customers. For more information on pest control services in your home or business through Specialized Pest Control, visit http://specializedpest.com or call (916) 987-9559.

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THREE years' control of banana weevil borer and suppression of rust thrips have been achieved from a single planting application of controlled-release imidacloprid granules in North Queensland banana trials, conducted by Crop Care.

The planting treatment also controlled greyback cane grubs, and there was no mite flaring in treated crops. Crop Care suSCon (sustained control) products business manager, Kerrie Mackay, said that a submission for registration of this new-generation controlled-release product - suSCon Yellow Intel - was now before the Australian Pesticide and Veterinary Medicine Authority.

She said the current method of controlling banana weevil borer and rust thrips is annual stem injections of imidacloprid into banana suckers.

"This is very labour intensive, so banana growers are keen for a longer-term, lower labour alternative," Ms Mackay said.

"North Queensland agricultural consultant Harry Townley saw the potential to use controlled release technology to control these major insect pests in bananas, so approached us to consider developing a suitable suSCon product.

"Crop Care's patented suSCon (sustained control) technology allows the active ingredient to be gradually released at the target site over a prolonged period to provide long-term control over pests, with minimal impact on the environment, reduced applications and improved safety for operators.

"For six years, we have been working with the banana industry to develop suSCon Yellow."

She said Harry Townley had conducted nine long-term field trials from 2006 to 2012 on Innisfail, Palmerston and Kennedy properties to evaluate the new product.

At each site, the use of suSCon Yellow granules at planting was compared with annual stem injections of standard products. Each banana crop was studied from planting through to the harvest of fruit from second ratoons.

Ms Mackay said the trial results were very promising for banana growers, with the suSCon granules providing the banana corms with good protection from banana weevil borer damage in first and second-ratoon crops.

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Jenny with Maddy, one of her four energetic dogs.

Jenny Humphrey is director at DRE Pest Control, a family business based in Swavesey. She spends most of her working week ensuring the residents, farms and businesses of Cambridgeshire are free from pests. She is also treasurer of the British Pest Control Association.

7.30am Monday morning and the start of another busy week in the world of pest control. Cram one of my four lovable but very energetic dogs, Maddy, and all my paperwork for the day into the van. Ensure my 15-year-old son Dan is up in time to catch the bus to school and grab my coffee to go.

8am Following what feels like the slowest tractor in Cambridge, Im on my way to our Swavesey office to meet with my team and to be briefed on the previous weeks activities. Jobs that came in over the weekend are allocated to the staff and the vans are stocked ready for the week ahead, before my team disappear into the Cambridgeshire countryside.

9am I pop by mums, where over my second cup of coffee of the morning, we discuss the short-term strategy for the business, review a final design for a local advertising campaign were planning to run, and tweak the content on our new website to reflect the campaign. We have a general gossip and I catch up on mums recent holiday to California with my two teenagers.

Just before leaving, Mum asks me to pass her a dustbin bag from the cupboard by the back door, from which a mouse springs out, hitting me directly in the chest a great start to the morning.

9.30am Time to hit the road again and from the comfort of my mobile office I plan the rest of my week, catch up on any emails and phone calls, then set off to make my first consultation of the day.

10am Arrive at one of our clients, a college kitchen in Cambridge, for a routine check of their bait boxes and discover that rats have taken some of the bait ah ha, I say, a little too loudly, what are you doing in here? After informing the catering manager and positioning some extra bait stations, we arrange a revisit for the following week. Back in the van I pick up a call from a school with a wasps nest. Im keen to get there responsibly quickly. Fortunately the nest is to the rear of the building, so I deal with it without having to come back out of school hours.

Noon Wasps nest dealt with, I realise its lunchtime. I grab 40 minutes to myself and take Maddy for a much-needed walk shes usually pretty desperate by now, bless her. I write a do to do list for my PA, jot down a few notes for the British Pest Control Association (BPCA) meeting on Wednesday and make a mental note to watch tonights BBC Panorama documentary addressing the effect of local authority cuts to public pest control services; not quite sure what to expect, but we shall see.

During the day I receive a number a calls from property management companies, farmers and residents with a range of pest problems. After reassuring them, I arrange for one of my team to visit them within 48 hours.

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CROP Care Australasia and its industry partners have claimed a world first in insect pest control.

After years of research and product development in Australian laboratories and canefields, Crop Care's controlled release suSCon Maxi is now registered for four-year control of Childers canegrub.

Crop Care business manager for suSCon products Kerrie Mackay said this was a very significant advance in pest control.

"Now that we have established the ability of suSCon Maxi to protect sugarcane for four years from Childers canegrub damage, we are confident our continuing research will result in registrations for longer term control of other grub species."

She said this milestone was just reward for more than 30 years of Australian research and development by Crop Care in partnership with BSES, growers, researchers and rural businesses.

"The patented sustained-control technology allows active ingredients to be gradually released at the target site over a prolonged period to provide long-term control of pests, with minimal impact on the environment, reduced applications, and improved safety for operators."

Technical consultant to Crop Care, Glen Tucker said the farm studies had shown ongoing control of Childers canegrub into third and fourth ratoons.

"suSCon Maxi provided significant reductions in Childers canegrub numbers for up to four years (plant to third ratoon) when applied to conventionally-planted cane in single rows at planting or drill fill-in stages," he said.

"Even in young fourth ratoon cane, there was still a significant reduction in grub numbers at several suSCon Maxi-treated sites compared with untreated plots indicating that control had extended right through the fourth year (third ratoon) of the crop."

Mr Tucker said an application of suSCon Maxi to plant cane had resulted in significant increases in sugarcane yield in first, second and third ratoon crops where there were moderate to high populations of canegrubs in the crop.

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COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Jeremy Briscoe took the helm as State Chair of the California Association of Pest Control Advisers (CAPCA) today. Briscoe, who serves as National Ag Business Manager for Certis USA, Atascadero, CA, accepted the gavel from last years chair Dennis Duda of Wilbur-Ellis, Rio Linda, CA, at CAPCAs 38th Annual Conference & Agri-Expo in Anaheim.

Briscoe, a 13-year participant of the 3,100-member organization, was named 2008 CAPCA Member of the Year, an award he shared with Sean Morelos of BASF Corporation, San Luis Obispo, CA. Briscoe and Morelos created the Pathway to PCA program to educate college students about career opportunities as pest control advisers (PCA). Studies show that fewer than 21 percent of CAPCAs members are under the age of 44 and with aging PCAs retiring, the state could experience a shortfall of qualified PCAs. Since its inception, the Pathway to PCA program has recruited more than 200 PCAs into the profession.

Headquartered in Columbia, MD, Certis USA is a leading manufacturer and distributor of a broad line of biopesticide products for specialty agricultural and horticultural markets and the home and garden market. Certis USA products provide valuable solutions by meeting the challenges faced by todays growers who are seeking sustainable alternatives, resistant pest management and harvest solutions, and low pesticide residues for market flexibility and export accessibility. For more information about Certis USA or its products visit http://www.CertisUSA.com.

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