Industry News

BioSafe’s AXXE herbicide now available for use in Canada

June 7, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

BioSafe Systems‘ AXXE herbicide is now available for use across Canada. AXXE is an organic labeling-compliant, non-selective herbicide that provides rapid burn down to a variety of grasses and weeds, as well as moss, liverwort and algae, within hours of ...

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ASGCA adds five new associate members

June 5, 2017 By Grant Gannon

The American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) welcomed five new associate members to its ranks at the group’s recent 71st Annual Meeting in Jupiter, Fla. Their elections increase the number of ASGCA members who practice around the world to ...

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Syngenta Avid insecticide to lose 24(c) Special Local Needs registration soon

June 5, 2017 By Grant Gannon

Starting after June 30, Syngenta’s Avid 0.15 EC miticide/insecticide may no longer be used under the 24(c) Special Local Needs (SLN) registration for nematode management on golf course greens. Syngenta previously communicated the voluntary cancellation of the Avid 24(c) SLN ...

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Robert Frederick Moote, ASGCA fellow, dies at 92

June 2, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

Robert Moote, a Fellow of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA), died May 29. He was 92. Moote and his son (David Moote, ASGCA) headed Moote Golf Architects in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. After earning a degree from the ...

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John Walker named South Central field staff regional representative for GCSAA

June 1, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

John Walker, who has been a golf course superintendent in Texas for the past 30 years, was named the field staff representative for the South Central region of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). Walker joins the GCSAA ...

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Rounds 4 Research auction raises more than $217,000

May 31, 2017 By Grant Gannon

The 2017 Rounds 4 Research fundraising program to support turfgrass studies sold more than 1,080 rounds and yielded in excess of $217,000 in its May online auction, making it the most successful in the history of the six-year program. The ...

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