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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.
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
Athletic Field Safety And Turf Health Through Testing And Records
How can parks departments, school districts and others who manage recreational facilities balance the conflicting needs of their many user groups (players, parents, athletic directors,
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
Cultivating Cold-Weather Turf
Contrary to conventional logic, establishing and managing recreational turf for parks, playgrounds, and sports fields is very easy in Alaska. With relatively few diseases and insects
Stay Ahead Of The Game
Most people have a good understanding of the benefits that synthetic turf can provide—primarily that it can take a beating. But once it has been determined that a synthetic-turf
Laying The Ground Rules
Ideally, a successful natural grass-playing surface requires someone in the role of “sports field manager” to make and implement decisions that deliver safe, quality playing surfaces on a consistent basis.
Give ФEm A Break
With more than 240,000 residents, the city's 62 parks, six recreation facilities, and six aquatic centers serve hundreds of thousands of people each year. One area that receives the most impact from this continuous use is the 47 athletic fields.
Synthetic-Turf Maintenance Basics
Let's begin with the knowledge that synthetic-turf fields are NOT maintenance-free. With that aside, let's look at what it takes to properly maintain a synthetic-turf field to ensure the longest life possible.
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
Turf Organizations Team Up
The Western Canada Turfgrass Association (WCTA) and Sports Turf Association (STA) are pleased to announce the formalization of a partnership agreement between the two organizations.The WCTA mandate
Barenbrug Taps Prod Mgr
Barenbrug USA has hired John Rector as the Company's Turf Product Manager. ТWe are very pleased to have John on board Й he brings us a great knowledge of the professional turf industry including sod p
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
Xtreme Turf Makeover
Xtreme Turf Makeover has launched into the market, offering advanced diagnostic testing and three levels of environmentally-friendly synthetic turf maintenance, from decompaction to complete field
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
Natural Grass Or Synthetic Turf?
The good news is that you're acquiring a new multi-sports field. The bad news is that your desk suddenly resembles a city skyline, with different stacks of brochures and catalogues advertising
Florida Turf Rodeo
Lasso your registration for the 2011 Southeast (Fla.) Region Turf Rodeo!This fun and educational event will be presented by the Florida Recreation and Park Association and the city of Miramar on
Toro Field Maintenance Forums
Get the most out of your sports field maintenance efforts with the help of the fifth annual Athletic Field Maintenance Forums hosted by The Toro Company, Diamond Pro and Beacon Athletics.The series