Ferris introduced its newest mower, the Evolution, a compact zero-turn (CZT) unit, to the trade press Oct. 9 at the Richard Childress Racing facility in North Carolina. The mower's operator forward design is ergonomically ideal, said Bill Shea, VP for Briggs & Stratton Yard Power Products Group, which now owns the Ferris brand.
Bill Wright, CEO of Wright Manufacturing, Inc., issued an e-mail letter to industry professionals in which he shared his thoughts on the stand-on mower market and commended those who have embraced the stand-on mower category.
RENO, NV—If you think now is the time to sideline your sunblock, think again. Head to the mountains this fall or winter and you could get burned twice as fast as you do at the beach.
Kristen Althouse, a Penn State grad and former STMA scholarship winner, will begin concentrating on the educational needs of the STMA membership and developing resources to meet those needs.
GEORGETOWN, CT—Amidst a waiting game on the state’s ruling over the safety of certain artificial turf surfaces, the town has decided to move forward with a method that will immediately improve a field at the community center.
The Smart Water Application Technologies (SWAT) initiative, led by the Irrigation Association (IA), has submitted its eighth testing protocol for climatologically based controllers to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The protocol is industry's first to be sent to EPA for consideration in the WaterSense product labeling program.
Molasses. It's the perfect ingredient for tasty cookies but the jury is still out on its ability to reduce thatch. So says Wendy Gelernter, Ph.D. and Larry Stowell, Ph.D. of PACE Turf.
State Senator Abel Maldonado sponsored a bill (SB1277) to prepare and provide to the Legislature and post on the board’s Internet Web site a study on the effects of synthetic turf and natural turf on the environment and public health.
