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Buzzing about bees

October 7, 2016 By
I was recently invited by Bayer to an event at Cantigny Golf Club, Wheaton, Ill. The event was about the importance of bees in our world and the possible benefits for superintendents who maintain hives. This was my first time on ...

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Mower photos courtesy of Cub Cadet

Are autonomous mowers the solution to the labor crisis?

September 21, 2016 By
Autonomous mowers will provide the golf maintenance industry relief from its labor crisis. The question is when. It isn’t just that good help is hard to find these days. It’s also hard to afford. Case in point, Jeff Miller, superintendent ...

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How to prevent winter desiccation in creeping bentgrass

September 20, 2016 By
Bill Kreuser, Ph.D., is a turfgrass scientist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. One focus of his research is understanding and preventing winter injury of creeping bentgrass. You can reach Bill at wkreuser2@unl.edu and on Twitter @UNLTurf for more information. Q: ...

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What you missed on Twitter in the past few months

September 20, 2016 By
If you haven’t heard, social media is huge, and it’s no surprise that it’s caught on like wildfire in our industry. After all, the only people who truly understand what we do are our grass-growing brethren, so it makes perfect ...

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Elite Rejuvenation Update: Seeing the savings

September 20, 2016 By
It was one of the hottest and driest summers that Matthew Stout has ever had to face in his 11-year career as a superintendent. It’s also his first at LuLu Country Club, Glenside, Pa., where Stout says the course saw ...

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The summer of ’16

September 20, 2016 By
The PGA Championship in July threw me for a loop. I enjoyed golf in the Olympics as much as the next guy (thank you, Matt Kuchar), but what I did not enjoy was golf’s four majors going by in what ...

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