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STMA founder George Toma turns 80

Here's George Toma's retirement plan: You fly to Tampa, where you spend 3 weeks working sod and massaging countless blades of grass, just so the field at the Super Bowl looks immaculate for 100 million television viewers worldwide.

NFL players’ 2008 field rankings

Seventy-two percent of players prefer playing on natural grass and 15 percent favor infill systems; 11 percent had no preference.

Tennessee Athletics gives to turfgrass program

The UT Athletic Department has committed to fund a new faculty member in the turfgrass research and teaching program of the UT Department of Plant Sciences. The UT Athletic Department will donate a total of $535,000 over 5 fiscal years to support the new research and teaching position within the program.

Heritage G fungicide receives EPA registration for turf

Heritage G fungicide from Syngenta Professional Products has received registration from the U.S. EPA for use on turf, including athletic fields, golf courses, sod farms, residential lawns, commercial lawns, and others.

STMA Awards its most prestigious honors

The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) presented its highest honors, the Founders Awards, during the concluding banquet of its annual conference last month.

Twins tab DiVito for Target Stadium turf

The Minnesota Twins have hired Larry DiVito to be the head groundskeeper at Target Field. DiVito is the representative for Professional Facilities on the Board of the Sports Turf Managers Association.

San José lauded as exceptional venue, top quality education

The Sports Turf Managers Association held its 20th annual Conference in San José January 13-17, and attendees and commercial partners praised the event and the educational program. Member Mark Holder, Roswell, GA, said, "This was only my second conference and being new in the turf side of things, the education and networking are beyond compare. I have been to numerous other conferences and none of them touch STMA."