News - Athletic Turf

CPS Distributors adds North Colorado Springs branch to support local contractors

August 5, 2019By AT Staff

Heritage Landscape Supply Group Inc., announced today that CPS Distributors has opened a branch in Colorado Springs, Colo., to benefit local professional contractors. This location will carry a full line of irrigation and landscape supplies, agronomics, golf course products, sports field materials, tools and accessories and other complementary products with a focus on servicing professional irrigation and landscaping contractors, golf... read more

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PBI-Gordon’s Pedigree Fungicide SC receives registration in California

July 31, 2019By AT Staff

PBI-Gordon Corp. announced that its Pedigree Fungicide SC has received registration for use in the state of California. Pedigree is formulated to provide control of brown patch, fairy ring, leaf and sheath spot, large patch, red thread, pink patch, yellow patch, southern blight and gray snow mold, according to the company. Labeled for use on golf courses, residential and commercial... read more

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STMA Annual Conference and Exhibition keynote speaker announced

July 18, 2019By AT Staff

Rodney Smith Jr., founder of Raising Men Lawn Care Service, will give the keynote presentation at STMA’s Annual Conference and Exhibition in West Palm Beach, Fla. Rodney Smith came from Bermuda to the United States in 2009 where he studied at Alabama A&M and earned a degree in computer sciences. In 2015, Smith observed an elderly man struggling to cut... read more

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STMA offers pest management webinar from 2019 STMA Conference

July 18, 2019By AT Staff

The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) is offering free access to the 2019 STMA Conference presentation of “Strategies for Discussing Pest Management” presented by Jim Brosnan, Ph.D. In this webinar, Dr. Brosnan sheds light on the most effective strategies for discussing the topic of pest management and lends his expertise on best practices in the field. The webinar was originally... read more

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National Stars and Stripes champion announced

July 18, 2019By AT Staff

The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) declared Andrew Miller the winner of the Stars and Stripes contest. Miller is the program adviser for the Brentsville Turf Grass Management Program in Nokesville, Va. With his “Friday Nights in Small Town USA” field design at Donald Lambert Field, he has won a complimentary pass to the 2020 STMA Annual Conference in West... read more

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