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Bayer CropScience Accepting Applications for the Healthy Turf, Healthy Tomorrow Plant Health Academy

May 8, 2013 By
A little late to this one today as I was on the golf course all morning… but here ya go: Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience, today announced that it is accepting applications from GCSAA Class A and superintendent ...

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Thoughts from 30,000 feet

May 7, 2013 By
A little bit of this and that as I make my way out west for the Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association annual meeting… One of the massive bunkers on the Doak 18 at Streamsong. First, some good news. We set ...

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A visit to CC of Orlando

May 3, 2013 By
I’m back from a week in overcast, rainy Florida. Back in Kansas, where it was snowing on May 2nd, when my flight landed last night (sheesh!) My last stop was at CC of Orlando, to visit my old friend Kasey ...

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A multi-site contact fungicide for dollar spot control

May 1, 2013 By
Mike Agnew, Ph.D., is a senior field technical manager for Syngenta Turf and Landscape. Agnew is active in the development of many of Syngenta’s plant protectants, especially fungicides. He can be reached at michael.agnew@syngenta.com. Q: Secure is new to the turf ...

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Protecting turf from the sun’s rays

May 1, 2013 By
Solar radiation consists of a broad spectrum of wavelengths, from very short (cosmic rays) to very long (radio waves). Light that’s visible to the human eye makes up a narrow portion of the radiation spectrum, ranging from 380 to 775 ...

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Never heard that one before

May 1, 2013 By
I have to admit that on some level I absolutely love some of the excuses people come up with for unexcused absences or tardiness. Sometimes they’re so good, it almost makes the inconvenience of shuffling work assignments worth it — almost, ...

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