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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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A Rain Bird’s eye view

March 1, 2013 By
A long-trusted provider of efficient irrigation products, Rain Bird is now offering golf courses yet another environmentally-conscious solution: the WT-M 50 kW wind turbine. “We know that courses using significant amounts of power to operate irrigation pumps and other electrical ...

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