Luke Yoder, director of field operations for the San Diego Padres, looks back at how he got to where he is, and the unique challenges Petco Park provides. It doesn’t feel like 10 years since Luke Yoder arrived at Petco Park, home of Major League Baseball’s San Diego Padres. But the calendar doesn’t lie — it was June of 2003... read more
College football’s second oldest playing field will have a new look by the time the season opener gets underway. The University of Cincinnati is installing new artificial turf on Carson Field in Nippert Stadium. The project, which cost an estimated $600,000, will be completed in time for the Bearcats’s 112th football season and the home opener against Purdue August 31.... read more
New findings on a patent-pending surfactant seed coating technology were presented at the International Symposium on Adjuvants for Agrochemicals. Dr. Matt Madsen, a research scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service who has collaborated with Aquatrols, disclosed the results of a study conducted last summer at the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center in Burns, Ore. His findings... read more
Turfgrass needs several essential things to grow . . . but rocks aren’t one of them Most everyone knows that turfgrass, like most other plants, needs a few essential things to grow: exposure to the sun, good soil, water and sufficient nutrients. Of course this is a somewhat elementary description, but you get the idea. The question is, why is... read more
With over a thousand synthetic turf fields being installed each year in the United States, it is essential that field owners understand the basic maintenance guidelines that should be followed in order to maximize the investment and benefits of a synthetic turf surface. Through a combination of regular maintenance and performance testing, a synthetic turf field will provide many years... read more
