STMA is working with the Pacific Northwest and Oregon Chapters to bring a regional conference and exposition to Seattle in July 2010. Look for more information on the conference educational program and the exhibition this spring.
Jacobsen says that its latest generation riding greens mower, the Eclipse 322, has begun full production at the company's manufacturing center in Charlotte, NC.
Precise Path Robotics says that history has been made with one of their robotic units being put into active duty rotation at an operational golf course.
Turfgrass provides numerous environmental benefits, and its ability to store carbon is one of them; but when a recently published and peer reviewed research study regarding the ability of turfgrass to store carbon reached the opposite conclusion of previous studies, more than a few turfgrass researchers and green industry experts were scratching their heads. Once misinformation gets worldwide media coverage, retracting it is like trying to put spilled coffee back in a cup.
Dr. Blair Leftwich of Trace Analysis has prepared a short explanation of appropriate times and conditions to do accurate wipe testing of sports fields.