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John Deere spreaders and sprayers

Equipment and Technology Focus: Spreaders and Sprayers

The following is our round up on spreaders and sprayers. John Deere ProGator 2030A GPS PrecisionSprayer The John Deere ProGator 2030A GPS PrecisionSprayer (above) increases application accuracy and consistency and reduces input costs and operator fatigue. Automated individual nozzle control...
Infield Care ASBA

Infield Care

By Mary Helen Sprecher As a field manager, when you see athletes kicking around in the batting box and knocking the dirt off their cleats with the bat, you’re probably playing closer attention than anyone else. After all, that’s your...
SFMA Board of Directors Sports Field Management Association

Introducing the SFMA 2023 Board of Directors

The Sports Field Management Association (SFMA) 2023 Board of Directors officially took office at the association’s annual meeting, during the SFMA Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 2023 SFMA Board of Directors is as follows: OFFICERS President: Sun Roesslein,...
Texas A&M

College and University Turfgrass Programs: Texas A&M University

Editor’s Note: In this series, we will profile various colleges and universities through conversations with key players at major institutions, as we discuss their turfgrass programs and provide insight into the industry education that is available to the next generation...
Maintenance Operations BMPs sports field paint Z Holm

Maintenance Operations BMPs

The following maintenance operations best management practices are excerpted from SFMA’s National BMP guide, Best Management Practices for the Sports Field Manager: A Professional Guide for Sports Field Management. The full guide, as well as a customizable BMP template, is...
SportsField Management Interview Tod Shafer

The SportsField Management Interview: Tod Shafer

In this edition of the SportsField Management Interview, we meet Tod Shafer, head groundskeeper, Louisville Slugger Field, home of the Louisville Bats, Triple-A professional baseball affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. SportsField Management (SFM): You started in a different career –...
World Cup

Preparing for the Most Challenging World Cup Yet

The MLS season is beginning to reach its conclusion and, as such, attention is turning to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. While the tournament may not get going until mid-November, sights are now fully set on soccer’s flagship event. Quite...
Sports field Alpha Jones

Lost on My Way to Sports Field Management

By Alpha Jones, CSFM High school… “the formative years.” It is one of many labels used to describe that time in our lives. For most, it is a time full of fun, friends, activities, learning; and suddenly it’s over. Then...
Pamela Sherratt dormant seed

Wetting Agents

By Pamela Sherratt Since my last article on heat stress, I have received questions from sports field managers about what role wetting agents might play in soil moisture management during the summer months when cool-season grasses are heat and drought...
Irrigation Math

The Mathematics of Irrigation

By Adam Thoms, Ph.D., and Nick Christians, Ph.D. To understand the basic mathematics of irrigation, it is best to start with a few concepts related to the application of water to the surface area of the land. The first concept...