Industry News

Discovery Education and Nutrients for Life to host virtual field trip for middle schoolers

March 12, 2018 By
The Nutrients for Life Foundation and Discovery Education will host a live virtual field trip for students nationwide from Texas A&M on March 15, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. EDT. The live event, “Play Ball: The Science Behind Sports Turf Management,” will provide middle school students ...

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SiteOne opens new Atlanta agronomic sales center

March 12, 2018 By
SiteOne Landscape Supply opened a new agronomic sales center for the Atlanta area during a ribbon cutting ceremony this week in Doraville, Ga. The 30,000-square-foot facility officially began operations in late February. The new facility will enable SiteOne to stock ...

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BASF appoints Stephanie Jensen as director of professional & specialty solutions

March 12, 2018 By
Stephanie Jensen has joined the BASF Professional & Specialty Solutions (P&SS) business as its director for U.S. business. The P&SS business focuses on solutions for customers in the pest control, turf, ornamentals and vegetation management/forestry markets. Jensen has been with BASF for 16 ...

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Willowood USA hires new CEO, rolls out new RightLine product line

March 9, 2018 By
Willowood USA, a producer and marketer of plant protection products for the agriculture and turf and ornamental industries, hired a new CEO, Tony Arnold, who has more than 25 years of experience in the agriculture industry. The company also launched RightLine, ...

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JW Marriott Marco Island named Marriott Golf’s Property of the Year

March 8, 2018 By
Marriott Golf, the global golf division of Marriott International, has given the JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort the Golf Property of the Year award. Todd Evans, director of grounds operations, was also recognized as Golf Grounds Manager of the ...

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Ewing named exclusive distributor of Rain Bird Golf in northeast US

March 7, 2018 By
Ewing Irrigation & Landscape Supply has been named the exclusive distributor of Rain Bird Golf products in select territories across the northeastern U.S. Ewing is the exclusive Rain Bird Golf distributor in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and West ...

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