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Will football turf at Purdue green up in time?

Blame the polar vortex. "This is Mother Nature at its finest," Al Capitos said [last week]. Capitos was standing inside Purdue's Ross-Ade Stadium on a brown patch, near what is believed to be the 50-yard line. Hard to tell with the brown overpowering the green. The prolonged periods of subzero temperatures killed the Bermuda grass. Not just at Purdue. Other stadiums are seeing the same color, and it's not green.

Feed the Beast to aid winterkill recovery

The crazy spring weather [in Nebraska] has made reestablishing turf difficult following this year's winterkill. Spring started out cold and dry and then, as if someone flipped a switch, it's been hot, humid, and very wet. It created a very difficult environment to establish new grass.

University turfgrass research update

Over the past 5 years we have periodically published reports from some leading turfgrass researchers in the US on their current studies. Here is our latest update on such research projects.

All-natural water conservation agent reduces the need for water

Researchers from the University of Central Missouri and Purdue University have proven through two separate studies that using H2O Excel, an all-natural water conservation agent developed by Brookside Agra, significantly reduces the amount of water, energy and fertilizer needed to grow healthy turf.

Aquatrols acquires Farmura Environmental, Ltd.

Based in the United Kingdom, Farmura Environmental supplies the European market with a range of turf products and has served as Aquatrols' principal distributor in the UK since the companies first formed a partnership in 2007.

Vinchesi and Lynch named ASIC Fellows

Irrigation consultants Brian Vinchesi with Irrigation Consulting, Inc., in Pepperell, MA, and Brendan Lynch, with Lynch & Associates, LTD., in Annapolis, MD, were recently named ASIC Fellows at the American Society of Irrigation Consultants' annual conference in Portland, OR.
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