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Follow us at @Athletic_Turf Like us on Facebook Follow our RSS Feed [Features] [News] [Products/Services] [Industry] [Turf Use]     [Baseball/Softball]     [Football/Soccer]     [Landscape]     [Parks/Recreation] [Video] [Archives]    IN THE SPOTLIGHT MLB monitoring Rogers Centre’s new AstroTurf The MLB will keep an eye on the new AstroTurf playing surface at Rogers Centre, home of the Toronto Blue Jays. Installed before the 2015 season, the new synthetic playing surface has already drawn concern over abnormal bounces and action from balls. [read more] Lawmaker proposes bill to stop funding synthetic fields Reports say California Sen. Jerry Hill has proposed a bill that would stop funding for synthetic turf fields from being built in schools, parks, stadiums and other recreational places until further studies determine whether they are safe. [read more]    ASSOCIATIONS' PRESS BOX California’s Drought Crisis By Jim Novak California Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order earlier this month mandating a 25 percent reduction in water usage. Water restrictions are a necessity, but eliminating lawns altogether could create unforeseen environmental consequences. [read more] STC spring meeting focuses on science, safety By Terrie Ward The Synthetic Turf Council’s (STC’s) Spring Membership Meeting, held March 23-25 in San Diego, highlighted synthetic turf safety, droughts, research and guidelines. [read more]    PLAYING THE FIELD SYNLawn debuts artificial turf for agility training SYNLawn has released the new artificial turf surface SpeedTurf, a non-infill synthetic turf surface the company says is designed for agility exercises, CrossFit and cross-training exercises. [read more] Sports Field Holdings signs two school redesign contracts Sports Field Holdings has signed contracts of a combined value of $1.7 million with two schools. The company will refurbish the schools’ athletic facilities with its Replicated Grass turf system. [read more] Holganix partners with Pearl Valley Farms Holganix has announced a partnership with Illinois-based Pearl Valley Farms' Healthy Grow fertilizer line to produce an organic-based granular fertilizer: Holganix Granular with Healthy Grow. [read more]    INDUSTRY NEWS Underhill introduces synthetic turf manual irrigation kit Underhill International has introduced the Turf Gun Kit, a manual alternative to an automated irrigation system for cleaning and cooling synthetic sports fields. The kit consists of two parts: a portable gun with nozzle and a stainless steel enclosure. [read more] Aquatrols teams up with university on rhizosphere research Aquatrols has made an agreement with Andrea Carminati, Ph.D., and the University of Göttingen (Germany) to acquire its soil-plant-water research. Under the agreement, Carminati and his team will continue research on understanding how compounds improve water and nutrient uptake in the rhizosphere. [read more] Irrigation Association announces upcoming shows The Irrigation Association (IA) has confirmed the dates and locations for the 2016 and 2017 Irrigation Show & Education Conferences. [read more]

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