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Bayer announces products, education sessions at GIS

January 23, 2020 By
Bayer Environmental Science, a business unit of Bayer Crop Science, will educate attendees about a new insecticide coming later this year at the 2020 Golf Industry Show (GIS) in Orlando, Fla. “The Bayer experience at GIS 2020 is designed to ...

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Rain Bird names new director of Golf Strategic Business Unit

January 22, 2020 By
Rain Bird has named Stuart Hackwell the director of its Golf Strategic Business Unit. Hackwell will be responsible for growing Rain Bird Golf’s presence worldwide including sales, distribution, marketing, engineering and product development. Hackwell has been with Rain Bird for ...

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Aquatrols’ and Redox announce exclusive global turf agreement

January 21, 2020 By
Aquatrols and Redox Turf announced a global agreement which makes Aquatrols the sole distributor of Redox’s brand of turf products. This will expand the Aquatrols offering beyond the wetting agent space. “Soil moisture management and soil nutrition are intrinsically linked, ...

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BioSafe Systems adds new accounting manager

January 21, 2020 By
BioSafe Systems hired Michael Cunningham as its new accounting manager. In addition to overseeing the accounting department, Cunningham will be maintaining financial systems and procedures to ensure that data stays organized and updated. Prior to his new position at BioSafe ...

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The Toro Company to acquire Venture Products

January 21, 2020 By
The Toro Company announced it entered into an agreement to acquire privately held Venture Products Inc., the manufacturer of Ventrac-branded products. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, and is anticipated to close before the ...

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$3 million allocated for turfgrass research

January 17, 2020 By
The USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) received $3,000,000 in new funding for federal turfgrass research in the FY20 Federal Appropriations bill. This is a 400-percent increase from $1,000,000 annually. This new funding is allocated for research in turfgrass genomics, water-efficient grasses ...

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