Industry News

President uses power of veto on Congress’ disapproval of WOTUS

January 26, 2016 By Grant Gannon

President Barack Obama kept his promise to Congress and vetoed its S.J. Res. 22 that would have eliminated the expanded definition of the WOTUS rule on Jan. 19. “As I have noted before, too many of our waters have been left ...

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Oregon GCSA appoints executive director

January 26, 2016 By Joelle Harms

The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America’s Oregon Chapter (OGCSA) has hired Alexis Wenker as its executive director to replace the retiring Linda Whitworth, the OGCSA announced in a news release. Wenker has more than 16 years of experience in the golf and landscape management field. Much ...

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Amvac introduces Oreon fungicide

January 26, 2016 By Joelle Harms

Amvac Chemical Corporation has launched Oreon fungicide, a combination fungicide that provides both contact and systemic activity against common turf diseases such as anthracnose, dollar spot and brown patch. Oreon has two active ingredients, PCNB and tebuconazole fungicides. The water-based ...

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The 2016 Golfdom Report: Golf on the upswing

January 25, 2016 By Seth Jones and Grant Gannon

In December of 2015 we reached out to our readers and asked them what they thought about the industry going into 2016. We received nearly 500 responses to our survey, revealing opinions on everything from the presidential election and WOTUS ...

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Rain Bird wins readers’ choice award

January 21, 2016 By Golfdom staff

Subscribers to Facility Executive magazine awarded Rain Bird a 2016 Readers’ Choice Award in the water management category. To determine this year’s winners, the publication’s editors sent out a survey asking readers to identify which companies they prefer when it ...

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USGA names Judy Bell 2016 Bob Jones Award winner