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BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals Pillar G Intrinsic

New Pillar G Intrinsic brand fungicide is the third fungicide brought to the professional turfgrass market since 2010 that is labeled for disease control and…

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BASF launches Pillar G Intrinsic brand fungicide

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C—BASF's Pillar G Intrinsic brand fungicide is the third fungicide brought to the professional turfgrass market since 2010 that is labeled for…

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TPI 2012 Summer Convention & Field Days

By: Jim Novak, Turfgrass Producers International - TPI   Turfgrass Producers International (TPI) will hold its 2012 Summer Convention and Field Days, July 31-Aug. 2 in Asheville,…

Researching the Research

By: Jim Novak, Turfgrass Producers International - TPI Landscape professionals, lawn care specialists, park district field supervisors and even sports field managers are sometimes challenged by…

The good, the bad and the ugly … again

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By: Ron Hall The Ohio State University turf team has put together a very nice digital publication, “The Benefits of Turf.” This is something you will want to…

The EPA wants to regulate this and that…but does it know what this and that is?

By: Jim Novak, Turfgrass Producers International It seems as if the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making rules and regulations on just about everything. Of concern…

NFL players say grass still best

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By: Ron Hall NFL players overwhelmingly prefer to play on natural grass, the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) "2010 Playing Surfaces Opinion Survey" for 2010 reaffirms. This shouldn’t come…

LebanonTurf

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LebanonTurf has reintroduced its line of Roots iron chelated products as part of a comprehensive approach to improved turf health. Following a routine EPA regulatory…

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…

STMA set for January in Austin, Texas

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LAWRENCE, KS — Taking place Jan. 11-15, 2011, in Austin, TX, the SportsTurf Managers Association's annual conference focuses on providing solutions and new ideas for…

The many ways lawns help our environment

By: Jim Novak, Turfgrass Producers International When USA Today ran an article on Aug. 17, 2010 titled, “Out of Fashion: Green Lawns”, Turfgrass Producers International felt a need to…

What do you consider a fair price for water?

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By: Ron Hall “ Nothing is more useful than water: but it will purchase scarce anything; scarce anything can be handed in exchange for it. A…

NCSU Turfgrass Field Day set for August

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ACKSON SPRINGS, NC — The 2010 North Carolina State University Turfgrass Field Day will take place Wednesday, Aug. 11, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.…

Toronto’s BMO Field gets a Kentucky bluegrass facelift

By: Jim Novak, Turfgrass Producers International When a decision was made to convert three-year-old, 21,800-seat BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from artificial turf to natural…

Victims of our own promises?

It’s mid-spring, and many of us are putting in 50 or more hours a week to meet property owners’ expectations. What level of expectations are…

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…

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Roots strong for UT’s Campbell

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By: John Painter KNOXVILLE — Bobby Campbell never believed his grass was always greener on the other side of the field. For 20 years as UT’s…

Membership for All

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By: Rick Doyle, Synthetic Turf Council When first thinking about the Synthetic Turf Council (STC), you might focus on companies and people who make turf, sell…

GreenCreation LLC now an authorized rep up with TigerTurf

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GREENSBORO, NC — GreenCreation, based here, distributes TigerTurf and designs, installs and maintains all levels of sports fields and commercial and residential landscape systems. “We got started with…

Educating the public: It’s all in the delivery

By: Jim Novak There’s no denying that water conservation is an important issue, especially in those regions of the country where annual rainfall is minimal and/or…

Become a keen observer and record your management successes and failures

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By: Ron Hall   HOLLAND, MI -- If you want to know what's going on with your turfgrass sports field, start poking around underground and examining…

Team REIL expands partnership benefits

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UNION, IL — Team REIL Inc., the sole recommended supplier of sports field and recreation equipment to the 11 universities of the Big Ten conference,…

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…

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