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The Pulse

PCT has expanded our research capabilities with The Pulse: Digging Deeper, weekly online polls on topics PCOs are talking about. If you would like to have your voice heard, contact us www.pctonline.com/contact. Participate in our latest poll at www.pctonline.com/polls.

READER POLL RESULTS

PCT keeps a pulse on the industry with timely reader poll questions. Here are results from a recent poll question for pest management professionals.

NEW: Recently Added Video Interviews

The PCT staff has been busy with video interviews featuring leading PCOs, technical/training directors, entomologists and others. Recently added video interviews include:

• Women’s Forum interviews with Julie Tesh-Clark & Kim Camera
• PCT Top 100 insights & analysis
• Green Pest Solutions’ truck giveaway
• PCO Amos Greenwood’s pest control journey

2026 PCT Vehicle Wrap Contest

Many innovative, marketing-focused PCOs have taken advantage of the fact that their service vehicles are constantly on the road, thus providing an opportunity to be a moving billboard. In recent years, PCOs have taken vehicle graphic design to a new level with creative, eye-catching service vehicle wraps. Now is your chance to win $500 from PCT and to be recognized among your peers for having the best service vehicle wrap in the pest control industry in the eighth annual PCT Vehicle Wrap Contest, sponsored by Oldham Chemicals Co. Simply fill out the online form and upload a photo of one of your service vehicles for your chance to win $500. Enter here.

Video: Jody Green Talks Ticks

Included in this month’s issue is “Talkin’ Ticks” (page 76), a deep dive into ticks by Jody Green, extension educator with Nebraska Extension in Douglas-Sarpy Counties. Green explains why it’s important for PMPs to stay educated and up to date on tick identification and treatment methods. PCT Editor Brad Harbison caught up with Green at this year’s Purdue Pest Management to learn more about ticks and best practices for control. Watch the video interview.

In episode 12 of the Beyond the Pest podcast, Jen Sweeney-Ingram and Mike Thome of UPMTC discuss unique challenges in rodent control, including rodent issues on planes and sensitive accounts such as zoos and cruise lines. Listen at www.pctonline.com/tag/beyond-pest-podcast.