The 2012 Kentucky Turfgrass Council's annual conference and trade show will be held October 15-17 at the Belterra Casino and Resort. The Sports Turf Program will be Oct. 17; here is that program:
Jacobsen announced that it will serve customers in California, Arizona and Southern Nevada directly through its Jacobsen West operation, a new dealership that replaces its former dealer, Golf Ventures West.
Green industry professionals can learn new skills, earn CEUs, and gain business ideas with Ewing's new classes for 2012-2013. New curriculum focuses on the latest trends, technologies, and best management practices to help landscape and irrigation professionals become more competitive and profitable.
Barry Moltz has watched rock-and-roll legend Bruce Springsteen perform for more than 35 years. When he went to Springsteen's concert last month at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Moltz realized what he can teach small-business owners about growing their own businesses.
The Organic Arsenical Products Task Force recently announced that use of MSMA for weed management on golf courses, sod farms, and highway rights-of-way will continue beyond the original phase-out date of June 30, 2013. This change of events does not affect individuals managing commercial lawns or athletic fields. Sales of MSMA for use on these turf areas ended on December 31, 2010. Managers can currently use existing stocks until they are depleted as long as the product they are applying has turf labeling.
The Arlington, TX shelter, which had only a small playground, was selected after recommendations by the Dallas Cowboys and the Arlington Police Association.
Sports Turf Managers, enter the Graco Get in the Game Photo Contest for a chance to WIN the new iPad! Promote your on the field talents to your friends and colleagues. Sports Turf Managers can enter, anyone can vote, submit your best on-the-field photo with your Graco striper for a chance to win!
The number of boys participating in high school sports still leads the number of girls, but the number of girls has been on the rise for 23 years straight. When the participation survey was first done, 1971, there were more than 3 million boys participating in high school sports — and fewer than 300,000 girls.
The Georgia Sports Turf Manager Association chapter is sponsoring a free Fall Field Day October 9 at Bobby Dodd Stadium on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta. The only cost is parking. Event is from 9 am to 2 pm.
