Industry News

Arysta LifeScience herbicide receives 2(ee) recommendation

April 16, 2013 By
Arysta LifeScience has received from the United States Environmental Protection Agency as part of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act a 2(ee) recommendation for the use of its XONERATE herbicide on Kentucky Bluegrass to control Poa annua. The company ...

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Bayer CropScience announces new hires, manager positions

April 15, 2013 By
Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience, has appointed six employees to its professional turf and ornamentals (T&O) business. As part of these changes, it has created two new market manager positions — one for the golf market and one for ...

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Turface Athletics launches ‘Watch and Win’

March 29, 2013 By
Turface Athletics launched a new expanded online video library at Turface.com. The free online video library boasts more than a dozen video segments intended to educate sports field managers at any level of play on the latest maintenance and renovation ...

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Turf temperature

March 19, 2013 By
Here is a question that Penn State University turfgrass professor Mike Fidanza says causes students in his introduction to turf classes to struggle: Cool-season turfgrasses are best adapted to air temperatures between ___ and ___F, and warm-season grasses are best ...

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Look South for billbug problems

March 19, 2013 By
“Go South, young man,” would have been Horace Greeley’s advice had he been an entomologist on a golf course looking for billbugs. This spring, superintendents need to look closely at sloped, South-facing areas when they scout for billbug populations. “Areas ...

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GCSAA Turf Bowl more than just a trophy

March 1, 2013 By
The University of Massachusetts Amherst was the big winner at the 19th Annual GCSAA Collegiate Turf Bowl, walking away with a trophy, a $4,000 cash prize and the opportunity to volunteer at TPC Sawgrass to see first-hand what it’s like ...

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