Industry News

Dow AgroSciences adds 4 to T&O sales team

January 12, 2016 By
Dow AgroSciences has appointed four new sales representatives to its turf and ornamental (T&O) team, the company announced in a news release. As a sales representative, Yusif Jaouni will assist customers in Michigan, Ohio and western Pennsylvania.Jaouni graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor’s ...

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Riverside Turf launches Sod Production Services

January 12, 2016 By
Al Hunter joins staff as director of business development Charles City, Va.-based Riverside Turf has launched a new division of the company, Sod Production Services, and has named Al Hunter its director of business development, the company announced in a news release. ...

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Control Solutions adds Paul Fox to Quali-Pro team

January 12, 2016 By
Control Solutions Inc. has hired Paul Fox in its turf division as Gulf Coast area manager, effective Jan. 11, the company announced in a news release. Fox will be representing the Quali-Pro line in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Fox is a Florida native ...

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EPA releases imidacloprid risk assessment on bees

January 11, 2016 By
On Jan. 6, the U.S. EPA revealed a preliminary pollinator risk assessment for the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid. EPA’s assessment, prepared in collaboration with California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation, indicates that imidacloprid potentially poses risk to hives when the pesticide comes ...

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LidoChem awarded $44.5M in final decision against Stoller

January 11, 2016 By
LidoChem Inc., parent company of Performance Nutrition, was awarded triple damages totaling $44.5 million, the maximum allowance under the law, against Stoller Enterprises on Jan. 5 in a Michigan court, according to a news release from LidoChem. The decision comes nearly two years ...

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National Golf Day 2016 set for May 18

January 11, 2016 By
We Are Golf, a coalition of golf’s leading organizations, has announced it will host the ninth annual National Golf Day on May 18, 2016, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. National Golf Day celebrates the game’s nearly $70 billion economy, $4 ...

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