WHAT'S NEW

New Terminator II Insecticide Ear Tag Now Available
Terminator II - a 20% diazinon insecticide ear tag - is now available to the U.S. beef and dairy cattle industry especially in regions where fly pressure is an economic concern and where pyrethroid-resistant horn flies are a production problem. The new tag, designed to provide economical, long-lasting horn fly control, gives producers quick-kill effectiveness against horn flies. While horn fly resistance to pyrethroid tags and products is rising, field trials and studies have shown that horn flies are particularly susceptible to diazinon.

Terminator II also aids in the control of most fly species - face flies, stable flies, house flies as well as lice - and protects against a broad spectrum of insects afflicting pasture and range cattle for 3 months, and up to 5 months if two tags are used, eliminating expensive, labor intensive retagging midway through the fly season. Terminator II is labeled for use on beef and non-lactating dairy cows.

KMG Open For Business in Latin America
As part of its strategy to become a global supplier of value-added insecticides and crop protection products, the Animal Health Division of KMG Chemicals entered Latin America early this year and is marketing its popular, effective diazinon cattle ear tags, Patriot and Terminator II. Headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia, KMG's Latin American operations will be headed by Juan Emilio Acosta a well-known insect control specialist who has served South American and Latin American cattle and dairy producers for over 25 years.

With more than 310 million head of cattle, the South American beef and dairy cattle industry is the world's largest - almost three times the size of the next biggest cattle producing region in the world. But it faces unique challenges, particularly from horn flies that have plagued herds and producers for 20 years. Because of continual rainfall, equatorial cattle raising areas in the northern part of the continent experience yearlong fly seasons, and now cattle producers are seeing dramatically increasing incidence of horn fly resistance to pesticides, especially pyrethroids.

The size, dynamism and dominance of the Latin American markets puts strong demands on suppliers, and KMG Animal Health is proving equal to the task. In the coming months KMG will be making its expanded line of insecticidal ear tags, oral larvicides and dust and liquid formulations available to cattle and dairy producers in Latin America.

Avenger™ Keeps Flies on the Run
Beef and dairy cattle producers have learned that simply tagging cattle with insecticide ear tags is not an enduring remedy. Horn flies continue to develop resistance to pyrethroids and even to organophosphates, the most common chemical classes used in ear tags - until last year when KMG introduced AVENGERT. The most significant insecticide cattle ear tag development in the last 20 years, Avenger utilizes endosulfan, an organochlorine chemical compound never before used in animal health.

Results from the most grueling, comprehensive cattle ear tag field trial ever conducted are in, and they show conclusively that Avenger with its Ectoran® Technology provided more than five months of horn fly protection, almost two months longer than other products. During the trial pressures per head averaged more than 1,200 horn flies, and in many cases reached 2,000. Generally, fly pressures of 200 per head are considered to have an economic impact. The five-month field trial pitted Avenger against all of the industry's popular ear tag products, and involved ten herds (between 26 and 40 head) in southwest Texas, which was experiencing its worst fly seasons on record in 2007. The cattle carried two tags per head.

After 20 weeks, Avenger was still controlling flies at a rate of more than 90%. Beyond five months, Avenger was still controlling flies at a 60% rate. By contrast the effectiveness of the other tags fell off precipitously after 13 weeks, providing no more than 50% control at that point. At the 20-week mark, all other challengers were at 0% control.

KMG Introduces a Full Line of Dust Products
KMG now has a complete line of dust insect control options available to producers who depend on the ease-of-use and performance of insecticide dusts. Topping the line is the addition of Coumaphos 1% Livestock Dust (same active ingredient found in Co-Ral®), Permectrin™ Fly & Louse Dust, Rabon® 3% Livestock Dust and Rabon® Beetle Shield. Also new to the KMG dust offering is the new Resistance Management Pak that conveniently includes 1% Coumaphos, 0.25% Permectrin and 3% tetrachlorvinphos. KMG also offers the convenience of the Permectrin™ Flip Top® Dust Bag Kits and new Hang-Right Dust Bags for all your dust application needs.

Insect Control Expert To Head Latin American Operations
Juan Emilio Acosta has joined the Animal Health Division of KMG Chemicals as Latin American Business Manager, bringing more than 25 years of animal health and technical sales experience in the region to the position. Based in Bogotá, Colombia, Acosta will be responsible for establishing relationships and networks with Latin American distributors and dealers to develop marketing and sales support programs for KMG's Patriot and Stocker insecticide cattle ear tags. He will also play key a key role in product testing and regulatory approval processes as KMG's introduces its full line of insecticide products throughout the region.

Recognized as an experienced insect control expert Acosta, who holds degrees in both International Business Administration and Veterinary and Animal Science, most recently served as Senior Territory Manager for Elanco Animal Health in Columbia and Venezuela where he was responsible for the positioning and sales of Elanco's cattle products line.

Click and Link: Product Sheets Available On-Line
KMG's Animal Health Division continues to grow its extensive line of livestock and animal insecticide products that are among the most innovative and economical in the world. Now with KMG's newly designed, easy-to-use website, all the product information you need can be accessed on-line. And you can capture it with just a couple of quick links.

All product and safety information - including general descriptions, features and benefits, dosage, administration and directions for use, as well as warnings and precautions are streamlined and contained on just two pages that you can print or transfer and retain in you own files for handy reference and MSDS compliance. Additional information provides specific instructions and indications for particular animal applications. Storage and disposal data is also available.