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NCS4

National Intercollegiate Athletics Safety and Security Forum

The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) will host the 2025 National Intercollegiate Athletics Safety and Security Forum on January 28-29, 2025, at Duke University in Durham, NC. The forum address key safety and security challenges facing...
IA Smart Irrigation Month

Smart Irrigation Month has arrived

July is Smart Irrigation Month, and this year’s theme, “We are smart irrigation,” spotlights the irrigation industry’s dedication to advancing wise water use through cutting-edge practices and technologies. Irrigation Association (IA) is encouraging industry professionals to showcase the vital role...

Echo shows new backpack blower

Echo recently released its new PB-5810, a backpack blower available at an MSRP of $430 and offered with either a hip or tube-mounted throttle. This is the second gas-powered backpack blower the manufacturer has introduced within the past year. Echo...
Meg Kruger social media

Building Your Brand Via Social Media

By Robert Augsdorfer Social media can be a challenge for those who don’t understand it or take the time to utilize it properly. But it can be a blessing for sports field managers who use it to their advantage when...
Brigham Young University turfgrass

College and University Turfgrass Programs: Brigham Young University

The Plant and Landscape Systems program at Brigham Young University (BYU) is one of the top landscape-related degrees available and is accredited by the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP). “We also offer a minor in Business Management or Environmental...
SFMA Madison Davis

SFMA introduces communications coordinator

Madison Davis has joined the SFMA staff as communications coordinator. Davis comes to SFMA with four years of executing communications, social media and public relations strategies for a variety of organizations. She studied engineering at the University of Virginia; however,...
SFMA Founders Awards

SFMA announces 2023 Founders Award Winners

SFMA has named the recipients of the 2023 Founders Awards, recognizing four members who have made significant contributions to SFMA and the profession. The association’s highest honor, the Founders Awards, are named after the four SFMA founders who were not...
Southeast Technical College

College and University Turfgrass Programs: Southeast Technical College

The Sports Turf Management associate degree program at Southeast Technical College (STC) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, teaches students how to work with specialized grounds maintenance equipment, and provides a background in soils, irrigation, fertilization, landscape construction, plant identification, pest...

Milwaukee expands M18 Fuel Quik-Lok attachment system

Continuing their commitment to drive productivity and versatility for the landscaping and trade professional, Milwaukee Tool expanded the M18 Fuel Quik-Lok attachment system. Now consisting of over ten attachments and offering year-round application versatility, the Power Head is compatible with...
Extreme weather right plant right place

Extreme Weather Influences – On and Off the Field

By John C. Fech and Bradley R. Jakubowski Wide fluctuations in moisture, temperature and wind patterns make small problems into big ones. A few manifestations of these include anthracnose, pythium blight and take all patch, billbug and white grub infestations,...