That furry little blur you just saw zip across in front of your farm?  Those brown, rice-shaped droppings behind the stored grains?  O.K, how much trouble can a couple of rodents be?

The problem with rodents and insects/termites sharing the crop harvest is probably as old as the culture of agriculture. Each rat on a farm will eat, spoil or damage approximate $25 worth of grain per year. So, stop being a rodent’s landlord!! Rodents and insects have been a problem on farms where food and nesting sites are plentiful. These pests consume and contaminate food destined for livestock and other animals, as well as humans. Rodents also serve as vectors or reservoirs of a variety of disease such as leptospirosis, salmonellosis and murine typhus that are transmittable to humans.

Taking food from our table     

 More than 90% of world’s rice is produced in Asia. Rodents and insect pests cause losses to production up to 5-10% per annum. In Asia alone, the rice loss every year caused by rodents could feed about 200 million people. Damage to crops in Africa and South America is equally dramatic.

Cotton farmers worry as rodents destroy their crops

D Vincent Arockiaraj | TNN | May 12, 2019

NAGAPATTINAM: Voracious rodents have raided hundreds of acres of cotton crops in Thirumarugal of Nagapattinam district, causing extensive damage to farmers who lamented the loss could amount to lakhs of rupees.

Worried farmers’ unions said that the rodents, if left uncontrolled, could wreak further havoc to their remaining crops, and requested to the agriculture department to extend a helping hand to curb the infestation and announce monetary help.

Farmers in Perunattrangudi, Thennamarakudi, Thirukannapuram, and Thiruchettangudi have raised cotton on 600 acres, with expectation of high yield and better profit. This time, however, their hopes were dealt a crushing blow, after the rodents began raiding their lands.

Fall armyworm invades crops across Asia, small farmers worst hit

Reuters BAN NONG TOR | June 20, 2019

Looking out at his empty, red-earth field, Thai farmer Puang Timdon said his two-week-old maize crop didn’t stand a chance against the fall armyworm pest.

“All the 8 rai (1.28 hectare) I planted were all heavily infested,” said the 42-year-old from his farm in Ban Nong Tor town in Pak Chong district, 180 km (120 miles) northeast of the capital Bangkok.“The worm ate the whole field in three days, leaving so much damage that it wasn’t worth saving.”

Fall armyworm, a caterpillar that got the name because it invades crop lands in droves, much like an army, has rapidly spread across Asia since it was detected in southern India late last year. Fields in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia and Taiwan have fallen victim. In Thailand, it has badly affected the country’s corn crop, much of which is sold to the animal feed industry.

TO INCREASE THE YEILD

Farmers worldwide are leaving no stone unturned to increase the yield of crops. The adaptability and agility of the pests make getting rid of them particularly impossible. Given the threats to the agricultural world from rodents and insects, farmers started using plastic agricultural films to increase the yield and at the same time, the films act as a barrier from pests. Agricultural films have been laid on a range of crops during or after planting as a way of retaining moisture and acting as a form of the greenhouse to improve plant growth. But it’s a proven fact that using agricultural films doesn’t solve the rodent/pests problem. Major constraints to banana production, a dietary staple for over 70 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are pest infestations and poor nutrition. Although mulch can improve soil water and nutrient status it also promotes the proliferation of banana weevil, one of the most serious banana pests. To protect crops from rodents and pests cases have been recorded where people have become so desperate that they have caused permanent environmental disruption where they have dynamited caverns, burnt down forests, adjacent to their fields or they have resorted to lethal rodent control devices that have killed humans or abandoned the otherwise productive area.

Currently, only toxic rodenticides are used which should be curbed as soon as possible. Being toxic in nature they come with a set of liabilities. Thus, there is a need for an innovative, eco-friendly and non-toxic solution to get rid of pests and rodents problems.

Do you have difficulty in finding a solution to pest’s problem on your farm?  Well, wait no more!  There is now a solution well developed to aid your needs in getting rid of rodents and pests in your fields.  Employing innovative masterbatch formulation techniques on agricultural films and focusing on environmental norms is the need of the hour. Rodrepel^TM, Termirepel^TM, Combirepel™, are non-toxic and non-hazardous patented solutions developed by C Tech Corporation, has been successful in keeping away rodents, termites/insects from plastic materials in a non-toxic and non-hazardous way. These products do not kill pests but only repels them using its sensory mechanism. Our products are compliant with ROHS1, ROHS2, ROHS3, REACH and are FIFRA exempted. Unlike conventional pesticides, these products are developed in a special manufacturing process that provides high-temperature stability up to the highest polymer processing temperatures. Thus, Rodrepel^TM, Termirepel^TM, Combirepel™ can be extruded on an extruder at elevated temperature making them ideal masterbatches suited for polymeric applications. The products act through a series of highly developed mechanisms that ensure insects and rodents are kept away from the target application. These product masterbatches are compatible with all types of thermosetting and thermoplastic polymer. The masterbatches can also be customized depending upon the target, application, region, and so on.

Contact us at technical.marketing@ctechcorporation.com if you’re facing problems with rodents and get the best remedies to combat this menace.

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Rats and mice can be found in and around every town and farm in the country. It is estimated that there is one rat for every person living in the United States. Rodents have followed man to almost all parts of the world. They have no respect for social class; they are equal opportunity pests.

Man supplies their three basic needs: food, shelter, and water.

Rodents can be found in our homes, supermarkets, restaurants, livestock pens, and farm fields. Warehouses, grain mills, elevators, silos are especially vulnerable to rodent infestation. And even the fire stations!

Yes, you read it right.

There have been incidences documented for rat infesting a fire station.

Firefighters are known to run into harm’s way to protect the community and save lives, but in case of a rat infestation, they’re the ones in need of saving.

Rodents will eat anything man or his livestock eats. The rodents have two pairs of continuously growing incisors which must be kept sharp by gnawing. For their survival, they gnaw on any surface, may that be polymeric, metallic, wood, concrete, etc. This habit can prove to be extremely costly to the equipment and property owner when the application is damaged by these rats.

Rats! Infestation forces firefighters from Riverside South station

Megan Gillis

Published: April 2, 2017

A rat infestation has forced firefighters to temporarily move out of their station at 910 Earl Armstrong Rd. while city officials and exterminators deal with the rodents.

Fire officials said they learned of the concern Saturday, when as many as 30 rats were reportedly discovered around Fire Station 37 in Riverside South.

The firefighters stationed there were quickly reassigned to neighbouring Fire Stations 44 and 32.

“Upon further investigation it was confirmed that rodents had built nests on the outside of the building and also burrowed their way into of a small vestibule inside the fire station,” said Ottawa Fire Service spokeswoman Danielle Cardinal, who said the main focus is ensuring the building and grounds are free of rats.

“The next step entails monitoring the air quality inside of the Fire Station to ensure it is safe for firefighters to return,” said Cardinal. “Air testing is underway and the recommendations provided by the environmental engineer will determine when the structure will be fully operational.”

Rats force Texas firefighters to abandon firehouse

The move comes after one firefighter recently got sick; the chief said some of them are the size of small puppies

Oct 9, 2015

News4SanAntonio

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas — A rat infestation has forced New Braunfels firefighters and paramedics to temporarily move out of Station #1 downtown. Now with no tones or emergency alerts and no working trucks, the station is extremely quiet.

Chief Kenneth Jacks said the move is “to keep our guys safe. The safety and health of our personnel is our number one focus.” All of the equipment and personnel were moved out on Monday as a precaution.

Rodent infestation at such a crucial place can be extremely dangerous and may even result in hazards and accidents. Hence, few precautions need to be taken in order to avoid any mishaps.

Rodrepel^TM, a product manufactured by C Tech Corporation can be incorporated in the various application used at the fire station to make them rodent repellent.

Rodrepel^TM is an extremely low in toxicity, extremely low hazard and environmentally safe anti-rodent repellent specially developed for a range of polymeric and coating applications including wires and cables, polymeric hoses, etc.

The products are also available in the form of a solid masterbatch, liquid concentrate, and lacquer.

The product available in the form of solid masterbatch can be incorporated into the polymeric applications like wires and cables, fuel hoses, pipes, oil filters, polymeric switch panels, components of ignition box, fuel tanks, foam seats, airbags, tires and other polymeric components from vehicles while they are manufactured. Thus, making the end application rodent resistant.

The product available in the form of liquid concentrate can be diluted in paints and can be applied to the interior and exterior of the vehicles, fire station. The liquid concentrate is compatible with all kinds of paints and solvents.

The already installed cables, electric junction boxes, polymeric hoses, cable carriers, fuel tanks, battery box, and ducts, etc. from the vehicles can be coated with our lacquer to protect them from the pests gnawing these applications and thus preventing vehicle accidents. The lacquer is a transparent product and it does not wear off easily.

Rodrepel^TM Rodent Repellent Spray has been formulated through original research by C Tech Corporation. The product is safe for the environment. It can be sprayed on the wirings, underhood components of the vehicle, battery box, fuel tanks, and polymeric hoses. It is compatible with all types of vehicles and totally safe. It can be sprayed on different areas within a fire station to keep rodents at a bay.

Contact us at technical.marketing@ctechcorporation.com if you’re facing problems with rodents and get the best remedies to combat this menace.

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Time and again there have been news reported for flight delays due to rodent activity spotted on a flight. Many domestic, as well as international flights, have faced delays due to this tiny rodent who possesses the threat of causing huge damages and losses.

Imagine a rat gnawing on a communication or signal cable and making the entire flight incommunicado. Rats on board an aircraft can lead to a catastrophe if they start chewing up electric wires and if that happens, pilots will have no control over the system onboard leading to a disaster.

No doubt you need to maintain good hygiene standards on board. Cleanliness should be an utmost priority. But along with this, you can use products that are non-toxic, safe for humans and which can repel the pests from entering the area.

Let us have a look at the recent news reported for rat causing flight delays and what measures can be taken to avoid such situations in the future.

Rat delays plane take off for 12 hours in India

A domestic flight in India was delayed for nearly 12 hours after a rat was spotted scampering around the aircraft, news reports and officials said on Tuesday.

Air India flight AI-952 was preparing for take off from the southern city of Hyderabad for Vishakapatnam, a coastal city, early on Sunday, when the rodent was seen running around the cabin, the Times of India daily reported.

Helpless passengers for the flight were forced to stay put at Hyderabad airport all through the day until airline staff managed to get rid of the rat, the report said.

An Air India official confirmed the incident to dpa, adding that it was being investigated but gave no further details.

The passengers continued on their journey only after staff carried out a fumigation to sanitise the flight and searched for any possible damage caused by the rat.

The report said that there were ugly scenes at the airport as infuriated passengers checked with airline staff when their flight would take off.

Several among them took to social media to express their amusement and anger over the incident.

Rat delays US-bound Air India flight by over 9 hours

Saurabh Sinha | TNN | Updated: Aug 28, 2017

NEW DELHI: A rat on board Air India’s Delhi-San Francisco flight delayed it by over nine hours on Sunday.

The Boeing 777 was taxiing at IGI airport to operate one of the world’s longest nonstop flights when the rodent was spotted. As per safety protocol, it had to be brought back to the terminal and fumigated. Then with a new crew, the almost-full flight (AI 173) finally took off around noon on Sunday instead of the schedule time of 2.30am.

So while fumigation of the aircraft, to ensure that the rodent is eliminated, was over in six hours, it took time to find two commanders and two copilots for this flight. The combined impact was that the plane took off with a delay of nine hours. Passengers were unhappy at the long delay.

An aircraft needs to be fumigated after a rodent is sighted to ensure it is eliminated and does not pose a threat to safety by cutting electric wires and sending the systems haywire. “Rats on board an aircraft can lead to a catastrophe if they start chewing up electric wires of a plane. If that happens, pilots will have no control on any system on board leading to a disaster,” a senior commander said.

What usually leads to such a situation is that passengers inadvertently drop a lot of food on the cabin floor, which keeps rats busy. The most common way for rats to get on board an aircraft is through catering vans. “This is a universal phenomenon. Rats follow the large storage cases in which food trays are kept. The catering vans are like a home for them as food keeps getting dropped. Rats get on the high lifts that take those storage cases to aircraft and then remain there. This happens across the world,” said an official.

Periodic fumigation for pest control is done by airlines to tackle the menace. The use of rat baits, mechanical traps, and glue boards have already proved to be ineffective. But the growing number of incidences reported clearly states the ineffectiveness of these methods.

What effective measures can be implemented to avoid this menace?

Rodrepel™ is a product manufactured by C Tech Corporation which is an extremely low toxicity and extremely low hazard, and environmentally safe anti-rodent additive specially developed for a range of polymeric and coating applications including films, wires, and cables, etc. It is also effective in case the target species are other animals.

The wires and cables used in the airplanes for radar, communication, control, signaling, data transmission, lighting, surveillance, etc. can be incorporated with Rodrepel™ masterbatch to prevent them from pest attack and ultimately avoid any signaling loss, communication disruption or fire hazard. Different types of polymeric seats can be manufactured by incorporating our masterbatch in them.

Rodrepel™ is also available in lacquer and liquid concentrate form and can be easily coated onto an application to repel the rodents.

The liquid concentrate can be blended with paints and applied to the interior and exterior of the airplanes to prevent the entry of pests in them. The liquid concentrate can be applied to the interior and exterior of the airports and the offices. The storage areas from the airports can be coated with our liquid concentrate to keep those places safe from pest menace. The liquid concentrate can be used in accommodation areas of pilots and crew members. The liquid concentrate is compatible with all types of paints and it dries off easily.

The lacquer can be applied to already installed wires and cables, utility pipes, polymeric and metallic racks, pallets. The already installed arrestor cables can be coated using our Rodrepel™ lacquer which will prevent the rodents from chewing them. The lacquer can be applied to metallic components from the equipment. The lacquer is an easy application that is compatible with most of the surfaces like wood, concrete, polymer, ceramics, concrete, etc.

We have developed our product in the form of a spray, the Rodrepel^TM rodent repellent spray which is an easy to use product. The product can be sprayed on components from airplanes, offices, kitchen and canteen areas, storage areas, food carts, trolley cars, etc. after clearing the dust and waste from components. It can be sprayed on the wires and cables, seat cushions, doors, and windows of airplanes. It can be sprayed on infested areas and entry points. The product when applied properly repels the pests and protects the components from damage. The expensive components can thus be protected, and unnecessary maintenance cost spent on replacement of the parts damaged by pests can be saved. The product does not cause any harmful effect on human health, non-target species or even target species. The product is safe for the environment.

Contact us at technical.marketing@ctechcorporation.com if you’re facing problems with rodents and get best remedies to combat the pest menace.

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http://www.rodrepel.com/
http://www.termirepel.com/
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