Industry News

2015 WinField Academy schedule released

August 13, 2015 By Joelle Harms

WinField has released its 2015 WinField Academy schedule. The academy brings interactive development courses to professionals in 14 different markets. Events are tailored to the golf, lawn, sports turf, ornamentals, pest control, aquatics and vegetation management industries. WinField Academies aim ...

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EPA wants tougher restricted use pesticide standards

August 12, 2015 By Joelle Harms

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing stronger standards for pesticide applicators who apply restricted use pesticides. The agency will accept public comments on the proposed rule for 90 days at regulations.gov under docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0183 once the proposed ...

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Photos: Maintenance team preps for PGA Championship

August 11, 2015 By Joelle Harms

With the first three Majors of 2015 in the rearview, all eyes now look to the final Major of the year at the Straits Course at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wis. Check out photos of the maintenance team preparing for ...

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GCSAA to honor Herbert Kohler Jr. with 2016 Old Tom Morris Award

August 4, 2015 By Joelle Harms

The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) has announced that Herbert V. Kohler Jr. will be the recipient of the 2016 Old Tom Morris Award. Kohler served as CEO of Kohler for 43 years and led the company into golf and ...

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Carolinas GCSA honors Steve Sheets

August 3, 2015 By Joelle Harms

The Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association (Carolinas GCSA) has honored Steve Sheets with its 2015 Distinguished Service Award. Sheets is the director of golf course maintenance, development and operations at Linville Ridge Golf Club in Linville, N.C. The award is the highest honor ...

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Performance Nutrition launches new website

August 3, 2015 By Grant Gannon

Performance Nutrition, a division of LidoChem Inc. based in Hazlet, N.J., recently launched a newly redesigned website. The redesigned website for Performance Nutrition, a producer of environmentally sustainable fertilizers, soil amendments and micronutrients, provides turf managers resources and information to ...

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