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A Dynamic Differentiator
It’s no secret that northern climates impose challenges to practice and game time for outdoor sports like soccer, football, and baseball. While southern states enjoy the outdoors, their northern neighbors endure drastic conditions, from blizzards and ice to rain, winds, and floods—often cutting several weeks from the season and limiting off-season practices.
Infill Depth Perfection
After nearly six decades on the market, synthetic-turf fields for recreation and athletic facilities are an integral part of being able to schedule and complete games. While the technology has evolved since the Houston Astros played its first season on synthetic turf in 1966, the application remains resource-intensive to install and replace, along with regular maintenance.
A Wearing Subject
Recreational turf provides for healthy activities and important entertainment value to society. Unlike ornamental turfgrass on residential and commercial properties,
Stretching The Season
In Anchorage, Alaska, where snow and ice pile up for six months or longer, synthetic surfaces are gaining in popularity. These surfaces are expanding recreational
A Synthetic Landmark
Chesterfield County officials had a unique opportunity in creating the county's first public synthetic-turf field in Stratton Park. But the idea was even better than that; officials decided to partner
STMA Names 2020 ‘Innovative Award’ Winners
Lawrence, Kan.—Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) – the organization for 2,700 men and women professionals overseeing sports fields worldwide and critical to athlete safety – names
A Tale Of Two Types Of Turf
Multiple factors should be considered when installing playing fields for parks and sports complexes, and chief among them is whether to install synthetic or natural turf. Each type has
Pouring With Answers
Although high summer temperatures just ended, anytime is a good time to make sure your irrigation system is running at its peak potential. An irrigation audit ensures you are not
Sod Production Services Named Licensing Agent
Stillwater, Okla.--Oklahoma State University has named Sod Production Services the master licensing and marketing agent for Tahoma 31TM Bermudagrass, one of the most winter-hardy
Making Smart Plays
Good planning always contributes to a higher probability of success for any project, and planning for your next multi-purpose athletic-field project is no exception, be it development or redevelopment, natural grass, or synthetic turf.
Keep A Clean Complex
Maintaining a youth-sports complex is not a 9-to-5 job. As sports-turf managers, we help generate revenue for the local economy and provide a venue for teams to compete on safe, playable, environmentally friendly fields.
Spring Cleaning
David Pinsonneault looks out his window as he speaks on the phone with me. He says, ТIХm watching snow come downСwhen this storm is said and done, weХll have more than 60 inches on the ground.У
UMASS Winter Turf School
The perennial goal of the UMass Winter School for Turf Managers is to furnish turf managers with concepts essential to the maintenance of high quality turf, while instilling a sense of environmental
Xtreme Turf Makeover
Xtreme TurfЄ Makeover has launched into the market, offering advanced diagnostic testing and three levels of environmentally-friendly synthetic turf maintenance, from decompaction to complete field re
UConn Turfgrass Field Day
The University of Connecticut invites you to the 3rd Biennial UConn Turfgrass Field Day!Attendees will have an opportunity to discuss ongoing research and management concerns with the UCONN turf
Rebate For Calif. Turf Pros
Philadelphia, Penn.--FMC Professional Solutions, a business unit of FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC), is giving California turf professionals the opportunity to save on nutsedge and kyllinga control with
This-N-That
Cub Cadet Gets ФBest BuyХ Praise In the March issue of Consumers Digest, the Cub Cadet RZT S 42 4-Wheel Steer Zero-Turn Rider was named as a Best Buy in the zero-turn-radius riding lawn mower product
Sports Turf Call For Presentations
The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) is soliciting the expertise of the green industry through its annual Call for Presentations. The association is seeking presenters for the 2013 STMA