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People on the Move: Hirings and promotions from Ruppert Landscape, Neighborly, John Deere and more

The latest hirings and promotions from green industry companies including TenCate, Ruppert, John Deere and more.

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SiteOne launches nationwide synthetic turf line

Pro-Trade Synthetic Turf offers several benefits to landscape professionals, requiring little irrigation and eliminating the need for fertilizing and mowing.

BMPs for building, maintaining sand-based athletic fields

Pacific Northwest Extension Publishing, which encompasses Oregon State University, Washington State University and the University of Idaho, has produced two publications regarding the construction and maintenance of sand-based…

Opinion: Communicating natural turf’s benefits

  For many property owners, the benefits of natural turf may not be clear. Misconceptions about grass abound. As a partner in caring for a…

Artificial turf maintenance can be an unexpected surprise

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By: Kirk Hunter Advertising and promotional claims for any number of products can sometimes be misleading. Often, the problem doesn’t have to do so much with…

Nobody asked me, but . . .

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By: Ron Hall Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years. The incidence of obesity among children aged 6 to 11 years increased…

Seeking the truest measure of synthetic turf’s benefits versus turfgrass

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By: Ron Hall Every week it seems new uses are being found for artificial turf, which now covers horse tracks, dog runs, home lawns (including backyard…

Studies support suitability of synthetic turf for soccer pitches

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As the U.S. soccer team prepares for its June 12 match with England in the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, it’s timely to spotlight…

Artificial turf makes modest inroad into World Cup soccer

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The global sports delirium that unfolds for one month every four years begins Friday, June 11. The 2010 FIFA World Cup begins in South Africa…

Pickseed, Barenbrug provide seed for 2010 FIFA World Cup

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In spite of growing popularity of synthetic turf on sports fields around the world, turfgrass is still the preferred playing surface for professional soccer. Pickseed…

Synthetic turf: Threat or opportunity?

From the state that gave us skateboards, the Beach Boys and many of the trends we associate with modern landscaping comes an outdoor living innovation…

All Pro Golfscapes & Lawns

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The new All Pro Online Community was created to assist landscape contractors who seek help in regard to marketing, selling and installing All Pro's synthetic…

Soccer beginning to embrace synthetic turf

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HOLLAND, MI -- The setting seemed incongruous. Here was Dr. James "Jim" Beard, who has spent more than a half century researching turfgrass and educating…

Switchover making for less stress

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By: Ron Hall Brian Gimbel knows how to care for high-visibility turfgrass sports fields as the longtime sports field manager at Ohio Stadium, home of the…

ASTM committee announces lead in turf fibers standard

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W. CONSHOHOCKEN, PA — Two separate events have led to the development of a new ASTM International standard on lead content in turf fibers. First,…

International demand for synthetic is growing

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By: Rick Doyle, Synthetic Turf Council We have talked a lot about the growth of the synthetic turf industry in the United States and Canada. But…

The versatility of synthetic turf

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By: Rick Doyle, Synthetic Turf Council Summer is here, and this year we’ve got an exceptionally hot one, with record temperatures in every region of the…

TurfBond offers safe, effective synthetic turf glue

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Turf Bond, LLC offers an environmentally friendly, moisture-cured, single-part urethane adhesive that is available directly to the synthetic turf industry. Developed through a partnership with PrecisionJet,…

The real faces of synthetic turf

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By: Rick Doyle, Synthetic Turf Council Synthetic turf is about more than a versatile playing surface. For the people who use it every day, synthetic turf…

Bypassing the game of Password

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By: Rick Doyle, Synthetic Turf Council Remember the childhood game of Password, where the original phrase selected was usually laughably different by the time it circulated…

Small-scale Zhang, Crain study misses the mark

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By: Rick Doyle, Synthetic Turf Council A couple of publications have reprinted information from a small scale study conducted by Drs. Zhang, Han and Crain, which…

Study finds lead in synthetic turf can be absorbed into gastric fluids

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Adding to the growing concerns over the health risks posed by lead and other chemicals in synthetic turf materials, a new study by researchers at…

Baseball is a game for grass

Why anybody would want to play baseball on a carpet has always puzzled me. It still puzzles me seeing as how most of the action in a baseball game takes place on the infield, and most of that on the dirt that surrounds home plate and the base paths.

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