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Former president of DuPont Crop Protection joins Cool Planet board of directors

April 19, 2017 By
Agriculture technology company Cool Planet added 36-year ag veteran Rik Miller to the company’s board of directors. Miller was president of DuPont Crop Protection until 2015. During his tenure as president, the business experienced record growth and success with new ...

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ENP expands sales team

April 18, 2017 By
Illinois-based specialty fertilizer manufacturer, EnP, added John Gruneisen to its sales team. “John has a wealth of knowledge and experience in our key markets—golf, sports turf, and landscape,” stated EnP President, George Murray. “We are confident that he will add ...

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Vicki Martz, ASGCA Fellow, dies at 72

April 14, 2017 By
Vicki Martz, a Fellow of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA), died April 13. She was 72. Martz was president of Victoria Martz Golf Design in Jacksonville, Fla. After studying Landscape Architecture at the University of Kentucky, Martz ...

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We Are Golf, Topgolf are teaming up for National Golf Day

April 12, 2017 By
We Are Golf (WAG), a coalition of the game’s leading associations and industry partners, will once again partner with Topgolf for National Golf Day 2017, offering free golf lessons at the company’s 28 venues nationwide. Taking place on Wednesday, April ...

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Carolinas superintendents commit more than $100K to research

April 7, 2017 By
Golf course superintendents in the Carolinas have committed close to $110,000 to two new research projects which promise to further refine the game’s economic and environmental performance. The money was raised through the annual Rounds4Research online auction where golfers bid ...

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DLF Pickseed USA rebuilds, expands

April 6, 2017 By
DLF Pickseed USA is currently in the process of rebuilding and expanding. The warehouse at the Halsey, Ore., location that burnt down in August last year, was rebuilt and was in use by the end of March. Along with the ...

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