For five high schools throughout the southern United States, there’s one less thing to worry about before playoffs: fire ants. That’s because each school won 10 bags of Talstar XTRA granular insecticide featuring Verge technology, a new product from FMC Professional Solutions that offers fast elimination of fire ant mounds as well as season-long protection. Winning the contest were: Suwannee... read more
Matthew Riggs joins ProGrass, LLC as the Southeastern US sales manager. “Matt has been a big part in the growth of the synthetic turf industry over the past years and he is well respected by his peers throughout the industry,” says Robert Thomas, president of ProGrass. “Matt is a great fit for our sales staff, and we will do everything necessary to... read more
The Synthetic Turf Council (STC) held its Annual Membership Meeting in Dallas from Oct. 2-4. Participants included 200 representatives from 123 member companies, including builders, landscape architects, testing labs, maintenance providers, manufacturers, suppliers, installation contractors, infill material suppliers and other specialty service companies. The national non-profit association’s meeting included a robust educational program, with an expert panel of speakers from... read more
Ewing recently named Kevin Schnautz as national sales manager for turf products. In his new role, Schnautz will manage a U.S. network of sales representatives for Ewing’s Turf Products Division encompassing agronomic, erosion control and sports field products. Schnautz joins Andy Keeton, national product manager for the Turf Products Division, in shaping Ewing’s sales strategy for the division. Keeton’s focus is... read more
The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) heads to Daytona Beach for its 2013 Annual Conference and Exhibition, Jan. 15-19, 2013, and you can reserve your room now. The Hilton Daytona Beach Resort/Ocean Walk Village, STMA’s host hotel, is right across the street from the Convention Center, the site of its conference sessions and the exhibition. Room rates are $159. Although this rate... read more
