Delaware Pest Control Association

04/20/2025

04/11/2025

Trisha Shellenberger Mazzoni

03/06/2025

A wonderful conference!

Thank you to all of our amazing sponsors, vendors, speakers, attendees and hosts!

Special thanks to volunteer, Angie Foust for her assistance with registration.

Nisus
Veseris
Nature-Cide
Envu
Cetane
Consolidated National Insurer’s
Western Fumigation
April Aire
Corteva
BASF
Target Specialty Products

Thank you Skyline Caterers for delicious meals.
Thank you King Cole Farms for hosting us.

03/06/2025

Another BEAUTIFUL morning!
A great day to spend with other pest professionals learning and sharpening our skills.
Delaware Short Course… Day Two… Wood Destroying Insects.

03/06/2025

Special appreciation to our partners and sponsors!!

Gold Partner- Nisus Corporation
Silver Partner- Veseris
Allied Partners-
Nature-Cide
Western Fumigation
Cetane
Envu
April Aire
BASF
Target Specialty Products
Corteva
Consolidated National Insurers

03/05/2025

Professional development!
Excellent networking and educational presentations. Over 150 attendees!

03/05/2025

A GREAT first day of Professional Development!
It ended on a promise…

03/05/2025

A beautiful morning for Delaware Short Course at King Cole Farm!

03/03/2025

THIS WEEK!!

DPCA 2025 Short Course
King Cole Farm, 1730 Bayside Drive, Dover DE 19901

Tentative Schedule Day 1 (DE 7A), Wednesday, March 5th
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Registration - Coffee & Breakfast. Vendor tables open

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM
Introductions, Instructions and Opening Remarks | Ralph Taylor, DPCA President Gold Partner Presentations | NISUS

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Session 1 | DDA Updates and Safety, Dustin Borntreger

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Session 2 | Comprehensive Approach to Rodent Control | Brian Lynch (Bell Labs)

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Vender, Partner and Sponsor Introductions | Vendor/Exhibit Hall Break

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 3 | Kissing Bugs| Jennifer Peterson (Univ. of DE)

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch & Exhibit Hall
(door prizes at 12:50pm - must be present to win) Silver Partner Presentations | TBD

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Session 4 | Occasional Invaders | Richard Spigler (BASF)

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Session 5 | Overwintering Pests | Bill Best (Target Specialty)

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Vendor/Exhibit Hall Break

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Session 6 | Ants | Lisa DiDomenico (Envu)

*Business Track Breakout | Marketing Strategies | On The Rise Creative Co.

4:30pm – 4:45 PM
Closing Remarks Day 1 | Ralph Taylor, DPCA President

*Credits requested with DE, MD NJ, PA.

Tentative Schedule Day 2 (DE 7B), Thursday, March 6th
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Registration - Coffee & Breakfast. Vendor tables open

8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Opening Remarks | Ralph Taylor, DPCA President

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM
Session 7 | DDA Updates and Safety

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
Session 8 | Termites Biology & Behaviors | James Agardy (Viking Pest)

*Breakout Session | Fumigation | Robert Verrico | 1 Credit of 7C

10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Vender, Partner and Sponsor Introductions | Vendor/Exhibit Hall Break

10:45 AM – 11:45 PM
Session 9 | Termite Treatments | Richard Spigler (BASF)

*Business Track Breakout | Insurance | John Diesel, CIC (Consolidated National Insurers, Inc)

11:45 AM
Lunch & Exhibit Hall
(door prizes at 12:50pm - must be present to win)

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Session 10 | Carpenter Ants | Emily Zobel (Univ of MD)

*Business Track Breakout | Financial Awareness | Christina Hibbitt (BIG Financial Services)

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Session 11 | WDI, Beetles | John Singletary (NISUS)

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Vendor/Exhibit Hall Break

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Session 12 | The Effects of Moisture on Wood Decay Fungi: Using Borates for remediation | John Singletary (NISUS)

4:30 PM – 4:45pm
Closing Remarks – Ralph Taylor – DPCA President

*Credits requested with DE, MD NJ, PA.

02/12/2025

The roads are super SLICK!
Beautiful but dangerous-
Be careful!!!

Feeling good about changing the Short Course dates! ❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️

02/10/2025

Good Afternoon DCPA Members, Attendees, and Vendors attending the DE Short Course,

Unfortunately, mother nature has decided to pop her head up this week with some ill-timed snow showers. With much discussion, the DPCA Board met and voted on postponing the two-day event scheduled this week. There were certainly many options that we were facing, but rescheduling the in-person event to a future date was the best course of action. The 2025 DE Short Course has been rescheduled to March 5th and 6th (Wednesday and Thursday). We will be working with the venue, vendors, speakers and catering to ensure a seamless transfer of dates and schedule. If you have any specific questions or if you are unable to attend the event with the new dates, please reach out directly to the board and will work on finding a solution.
Safety is our top priority and not worth the risk of human life or well-being with the snow.

Thank you for your understanding,

Ralph Taylor, President and the DPCA Board