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Experts’ Insights: Winter Injury Posted on 06 Feb 2020 in the Featured & Research categories.

Winter injury in turfgrass actually is a catchall term for several different causes, according to Karl Danneberger, Ph.D., professor of turfgrass at The Ohio State University. These causes can include Read more»

Experts’ Insights: Spring dead spot Posted on 04 Feb 2020 in the Current Issue & Research categories.

Experts weight in on how superintendents can contend with three different species of fungi that cause spring dead spot on golf courses. Read more»

2019 State of the Industry report Posted on 10 Jan 2020 in the Featured & Maintenance categories.

2019 was a year of many successes, multiple challenges and happily, a few near misses. An inaccurately forecast hurricane saved a lot of superintendents some trouble (but not the unnecessary Read more»

Friendships made and lessons learned are key takeaways from this year’s Syngenta Business Institute Posted on 12 Dec 2019 in the Blog categories.

For more than a decade, golf course superintendents have come to Winston-Salem, N.C., to attend the Syngenta Business Institute (SBI). It wasn’t an easy task for the team at Syngenta Read more»

Turfco honors legacy of John Kinkead Sr. Posted on 22 Oct 2019 in the Athletic Turf News & Industry News categories.

Turfco’s third generation of Kinkeads, friends and supporters recently honored the lifetime achievements of former Turfco CEO John Kinkead Sr., on Oct. 17, during the GIE+Expo. It was a bittersweet Read more»