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DuPont unveils Imprelis website 
DuPont has created a website for lawn care professionals who have questions or concerns about Imprelis, and will launch a toll-free hotline for the product starting Aug. 1.
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Fireants101.com teaches schools how to fight fire ants 
Aimed at school facility managers and fire ant professionals, FMC Professional Solutions' new website offers tips on fire ant control as the dangerous insects move into more states.
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Tree disease discovered in Virginia 
Bartlett Tree Experts makes first identification of Thousand Cankers
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Wilson launches social media program 
Bruce K. Wilson, partner and co-owner of Wilson-Oyler Group, has launched the Bruce K. Wilson Landscape Business Exchange, a social media forum created to facilitate interactive communications with landscape professionals as part of the Wilson-Oyler Group’s unique approach to green industry networking.
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PLANET holds 2011 Renewal & Remembrance event 
The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) held its 15th annual Renewal & Remembrance event at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, July 25, 2011.
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Manufacturer News
Case donates display to technical college 
Students at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College’s diesel and heavy equipment technician program will have hands-on access to some new instructional aids, following the recent donation by Case Construction Equipment of a diesel engine, transmission and hydraulic pump display from a Case loader/backhoe.
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Goff joins Empire Irrigation Supplies 
Mike Goff, who formerly held positions in management and sales at Shemin Nurseries, Northern Nurseries and John Deere Landscapes, is manager of the company's Plainfield, NJ, location.
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Koch Agronomic Services to acquire Agrotain International 
"We saw how their resources could help bolster our position as a market leader in the enhanced efficiency fertilizer business, and it evolved into an offer to purchase," explains Agrotain International President Mike Stegmann.
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Masterblend International completes $2.6 million expansion 
The new 55,000-sq.-ft. facility brings marked increases in efficiency by hosting every aspect of the fertilizer operation, including manufacturing, precision blending and packaging, as well as warehouse space and office staff under one roof.
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Landscape News
Ruppert constructs solar farm 
Ruppert Landscape is currently constructing the largest non-institutional ground-mounted solar farm in the region (MD, DC, VA) at its corporate headquarters in Laytonsville, MD.
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U.S. Lawns adds 6 new franchisees  
Continuing an aggressive expansion as it celebrates its 25th anniversary year, Orlando-based U.S. Lawns announces the addition of six new franchisees to its network of more than 240 landscape-management franchises nationwide.
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