At the conclusion of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, FIFA’s Senior Pitch Management Team issued a thank you letter to the sports field management industry. It read as follows: As the FIFA World Cup 2026 comes to an end, it...
Barenbrug USA announced that Brad Finn, CSFM, has joined the team as turf territory sales manager for the South region. Based in Houston, Texas, Finn brings more than a decade of hands-on turfgrass management experience at the highest levels of...
By John Kmitta Although the focus of the sports field management profession is often centered on the playing surfaces for football, baseball, soccer and softball, highly skilled sports field managers are caring for grass tennis courts at some of the...
The application period for SFMA’s prestigious Field of the Year program is now open! Begin your application today and take the first step toward earning one of the most recognized honors in the sports field management industry. New Application Process...
When the world’s best soccer players arrived in North America for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, they stepped onto playing surfaces supported by years of research, construction, testing and daily field management. Behind those surfaces were sports field management professionals...
SFMA CEO, Paula Sliefert, M.A., on August 18 issued the following letter to SFMA members regarding organizational realignment of SFMA: Dear SFMA Members, Throughout the past year, the SFMA Board of Directors and staff have been engaged in an extensive...
By Gerald Henry, Ph.D.; Audrey Young; and Nandita Gaur, Ph.D. Turfgrass managers apply athletic paints to field surfaces in order to create boundary lines and logos that provide direction and aesthetics for a range of sporting events. Most of these...
A $1.1 million endowment established by the Virginia Turfgrass Foundation is creating lasting opportunities for graduate students in Virginia Tech’s School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, strengthening cutting-edge turfgrass research while advancing sustainable solutions for the turfgrass industry. Decades in...
By Leslie Schurman Women are taking on more roles throughout the green industry – from sports field management and irrigation to operations, sales and owning their businesses. As those opportunities grow, so does the need for professionals to build the...
The Virginia Tech Turfgrass team offers an affordable virtual 13-week training program covering all areas of turfgrass management called the Virginia Tech School of Turfgrass Ecology and Management (VT-STEM). VT-STEM was developed primarily to serve the educational needs of those...
