Industry News

Michigan course plans extensive tree management project

April 27, 2015 By Grant Gannon

Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club in Grand Blanc, Mich., will undergo an extensive tree management program to remedy turf issues on several over-shaded greens. The project aims to improve overall course playability and aesthetics by reopening fairway corridors that have ...

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Bayer CropScience secures EPA registration for Signature Xtra Stressgard

April 22, 2015 By Grant Gannon

Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience LP, has secured EPA registration of its Signature Xtra Stressgard fungicide. A new addition to its Stressgard Formulation Technology family, Signature Xtra Stressgard formulation provides application flexibility and consistent plant health benefits, according to the company. “At Bayer, we understand ...

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RISE delivers pollinator petition to White House

April 21, 2015 By Joelle Harms

RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment) delivered its pollinator petition to the White House Council on Environmental Quality on April 21. The petition urges President Obama to protect pollinators by creating more habitat and forage areas and by considering ...

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Does your course’s website pass Google’s ‘mobile-friendly’ test?

April 20, 2015 By Bethany Chambers

Google’s changing the way people find businesses — and what it means for you Customers find your golf course online in a variety of ways: typing a domain directly into the URL bar after seeing it in an ad or on ...

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FMC QuickSilver promotion to run through June 15

April 16, 2015 By Joelle Harms

FMC’s 2015 “Enhance Your Performance Promotion” offers a $15 instant rebate per bottle on QuickSilver herbicide, and will run from April 15 through June 15. Field trials have shown that adding QuickSilver herbicide to postemergence broadleaf herbicide tank mixes speeds up weed control with ...

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Syngenta introduces 2 new fungicides

April 15, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Syngenta has added Appear and Heritage Action to its line of fungicides. Appear fungicide is now available to help control Pythium and anthracnose while improving turf quality. Heritage Action fungicide will be available this summer to enhance control of abiotic and biotic turf stress. ...

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