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Turfgrass: the benefits it provides go way beyond aesthetics

WEBIn the face of a growing body of evidence to the contrary, turfgrass continues to be damned as a costly and, perhaps even, environmentally unfriendly frivolity. That criticism is at least partly responsible for the actions that many communities in Canada and the United States are taking to restrict the use of products that maintain […]

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Health, Quality, Stress, and Irrigation Indexing for Turf From …

WEBIn 1981, USDA researcher Dr. Ray D. Jackson, also known as USDA’s Father of Remote Sensing because he developed methods used worldwide to evaluate crop health, determined that the difference between a plant’s canopy temperature to air temperature (Tcanopy – Tair) depends on vapor pressure deficit. Under non-limiting …

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Douglas Products Creates Plant Health Division Golf Course Trades

WEBNew Division Formed by Merger of Growth Products and AgriEnergy Resources December 13, 2018 — Douglas Products announces the formation of a new Plant Health Division following the addition of two companies known for innovation in Biological plant nutrition and soil health. Growth Products, based in White Plains, New York, joined Douglas Products …

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Arborjet Launches “Saving America’s Iconic Trees” Campaign

WEBCompany to donate treatment to trees across the country for insect and disease prevention and overall tree health; citizens and municipalities invited to nominate beloved trees Arborjet Inc., a revolutionary plant health care company, today announced the launch of “Saving America’s Iconic Trees,” the company’s latest initiative to ensure the health and …

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Target Specialty Products Announces ‘Turf Health and Fungicides

WEBTarget Specialty Products, a leading value-added service provider of pest and turf and ornamental solutions in the United States and Canada, is announced part eight of the Turf Fuel® Master Class™ Series, Turf Health and Fungicides. Click here to register for the webinar. In this webinar, Target Specialty Products combines discussions on nutritional …

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The Hydra-Riser As A Solution To Problems Golf Trades

WEBThe Hydra-Riser is an innovative irrigation sprinkler that has minimal labor costs and no maintenance or digging up for 15 to 25 years after installation, depending on topdressing practices. The sprinkler head in the Hydra-Riser lifts up four inches using a simple grease gun and replaces the need to periodically dig up and raise sprinkler heads.

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Bird Habitats on Golf Courses: Making the Rounds

WEBThis column features recollections of the author’s 36 years as a golf writer. These installments stem from his many travels and experiences, which led to a gradual understanding that the game has many intriguing components, especially its people. My friend Roniq Bartanen is a certified interpretive guide, native plant advocate, and a well …

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AzoxyBio™ Fungicide Coming Soon from Prime Source Trades

WEBPrime Source, a division of Albaugh, LLC. is pleased to announce the launch of AzoxyBio™ Fungicide. The product has received EPA registration and will be available for purchase in Spring 2022. New AzoxyBio™ Fungicide is a ‘first of its kind’ in the professional T&O market. Offering efficacy and convenience in a formulation that blends …

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Syngenta to Highlight New Turf Innovations and Personal …

WEBPlay the trivia challenge for a chance to win an Apple Watch or Fitbit Complimentary wellness checkups at the Mobile Wellness Unit Health in Action 5K to benefit the EIFG At the 2019 Golf Industry Show (GIS) Feb. 2-7 in San Diego, California, Syngenta will spotlight the latest tools for keeping turf in top shape, […]

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Target Specialty Products Launches Turf Fuel® Tree & Plant …

WEBTarget Specialty Products, a leading value-added service provider of pest and turf and ornamental solutions in the United States and Canada, has initiated a focused approach to offering proprietary solutions to lawn care, tree care, and horticultural professionals through its new solutions based Turf Fuel Tree & Plant Health Care Catalog.

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USGA, ASGCA Collaborate to Advance Public Golf

WEBThe USGA and the ASGCA have awarded pro-bono consulting services to three golf courses in 2017, providing them with assistance that will help each facility operate more efficiently, offer a better product for their customers and provide increased value to their communities. Last year, a golf course architect and a USGA agronomist made day-long …

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Golf Courses are sustainable we just need to increase it

WEBWith global climate change as a hot topic these days both politically and realistically, moving forward with sustainable practices seems most logical for our society in the United States and across the globe. Historically, golf courses have been slandered for a perceived notion of damaging the environment and not being sustainable. The author of …

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Val Skinner Foundation Brings Together LPGA Pros in Fight …

WEB19 th Annual LIFE Event Raises $500,000 for education and research initiatives With the support of leading LPGA Players, the Val Skinner Foundation once again raised another $500,000 for breast cancer education and awareness at the 19 th annual LIFE (LPGA Pros in the Fight to Eradicate Cancer) event on Monday at Mountain Ridge …

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Landscapes Golf Management to Operates 3 Sioux Falls Courses

WEBLandscapes Golf Management has been granted a multi-year extension to continue operating three golf courses owned by the City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Under the company’s leadership since 2018, Elmwood, Prairie Green and Kuehn Park golf courses have each realized up to 400% increases in cart and green fee, food and …

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SUPERthrive Originator Dr. John A.A. Thomson Recipient of …

WEBNorth Hollywood – On June 26, 2009 Dr. John A.A. Thomson, Ph.D., D.A., 97, originator of SUPERthrive®, received a surprise visit from America’s Natural Master Gardener, Nick Federoff, on behalf of Sustainable Environmental Education (SEE) to award him their highest recognition “Lifetime Environmental Awareness Award.”

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Webinar-Plant Optimize Disease Management Golf Trades

WEBTarget Specialty Products™, a leading provider of Pest Control, Vector and Turf and Ornamental solutions in the U.S. and Canada, announce the next Turf Fuel Masterclass, “Plant Health, Protection, and Resistance to Optimize Disease Management Solutions”. The free webinar will debut on March 22nd for Turf Managers. Join Target …

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Improving water, reducing chemicals-improve golf’s footprint

WEB91% of golfers agreed. 66% of non golfers agreed. Many believe golf courses use too much water, leach excessive amounts of fertilizer to the groundwater and surface water, and use synthetic chemicals such as pesticides ( herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides) indiscriminately. Again, this is the perception and if anything, it’s …

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The importance of proper drainage to the golf course

WEBIrrigation and drainage are the most important tools in a golf superintendent’s arsenal to impact on positive soil moisture content, which again promotes the healthiest turfgrass plants. I believe it was Donald Ross who coined the popular phrase, “the three most important components to a successful golf course are Drainage, Drainage and

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Bernhard and Company Equipment Highlighted by Oakland Hills

WEBOakland Hills Country Club’s South Course has made a meteoric rise in Golf Magazine’s (Golf.com) World Top 100 Golf Courses rankings list, as it celebrates the completion of an extraordinary restoration project and improved course conditioning, through the support of Bernhard and Company. The South Course at Oakland Hills has …

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Life is an Occasion Golf Course Trades Magazine

WEBAs a golf course superintendent in the northeast, there’s nothing better to cure the winter dull drums than a trip to Augusta National for the Masters. Each year since being employed there in 1999, I have had the opportunity to go back and work on the crew for the week of the tournament. The golf […]

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Former club pro Spangler aims for comeback after near-fatal crash …

WEBBy Alan Blondin, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C. McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Jan. 10–There’s a good chance you haven’t seen or heard anything from longtime area head pro Robert Spangler since his last course, Island Green Golf Club, closed in August. It closed under Signature Golf’s management, and is expected to …

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Golf Course Superintendent and Environmental Champion Named …

WEBMatt Ceplo, golf course superintendent at Rockland Country Club in Sparkill, N.Y., has been elected as a member of the board of directors of Audubon International, a Troy-based not-for-profit organization currently working with over 3,200 organizations in 36 countries on environmental sustainability. He succeeds Dan Dinelli, superintendent at North Shore …

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