Daily News

Enter 2008 STMA Field of the Year competition

September 11, 2008

The 2008 STMA Field of the Year application is online. Categories for submitting an application include football, soccer, baseball and softball fields in the professional, schools/parks and collegiate categories.

White paper on soil monitoring now available

September 11, 2008

Guidelines for Successful Soil Temperature Monitoring, provides guidance and tips on how data loggers can be effectively used to monitor soil temperatures in various conditions.

Prevent turf disease with manganese

September 11, 2008

Larry Stowell, Ph.D., PACE Turf’s agronomist and plant pathologist, says that to achieve disease suppression of take-all patch, he recommends that soils contain a minimum of 30 ppm (parts per million) manganese.

Does synthetic turf give MLS teams big home-field advantage?

September 9, 2008

Synthetic fields have now entered the soccer world and three of the four MLS teams who play their home matches on turf appear to have a bigger advantage than teams who play at home on grass.

New appeal delays UH field work

September 9, 2008

A contractor is fighting the University of Hawaii's decision to proceed with repairs to the football team's practice field, delaying the project again.

Synthetic turf idea for schools scrapped

September 9, 2008

A proposal to install synthetic turf football fields at Terre Haute North, South and West Vigo high schools has been scrapped because a committee says it is unable to raise sufficient matching funds.

Mississippi high school searching for home field

September 9, 2008

The Madison Central athletic director and football coach is searching for a site to play what is supposed to be his home opener Friday.

Jacobsen partners with top PGM education program

September 9, 2008

Jacobsen has become the official turf equipment supplier and partner to the nation's top professional golf management (PGM) program.

STMA golf tournament set for The Ranch Golf Club in San José

September 8, 2008

The Jacobsen/SAFE Golf Tournament has been set for the Ranch Golf Club in the eastern foothills of the Silicon Valley

“Building Equity”

September 4, 2008

While revenue-generating football and basketball programs maintain the highest profiles at colleges and universities, other sports such as golf, softball, soccer, tennis, baseball, lacrosse, and even intramurals and marching band activities are receiving increasingly equitable treatment within shared facilities.