The Foundation for Safer Athletic Fields for Everyone (SAFE), the charitable arm of the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA), has released its newest instructional video, which provides the basics to creating safe and playable baseball and softball fields. The video, Baseball and Softball Field Inspection, examines how to identify unsafe surfaces – including skinned areas – and offers best practices specific to... read more
Turface Athletics is accepting applications for its 2015 Field Maintenance and Scholarship Awards through Oct. 1. The awards, given in partnership with the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), recognize outstanding field maintenance at the high school and collegiate levels, while the scholarships provide assistance to two schools in need of field improvements. “Turface is dedicated to educating sports field managers,... read more
Hunter Industries’ free Technician Level online training courses are now available in Spanish. The training courses teaches users the basic knowledge about Hunter’s product line, including simple adjustments and programming. Courses are designed for installation and maintenance professionals, specifiers and distributors. “We developed our Spanish training courses in response to our customers’ requests. The Technician Level courses help answer the... read more
Jacobsen, a Textron Inc. company, has launched its Professional Series commercial-grade mowers and utility vehicles. Built for a wide range of turf professionals including sports fields, the new Professional Series mowers and utility vehicles includes three lines of zero-turn mowers and six different models of utility vehicles. “One of our main goals with the launch of these exciting new products... read more
Ewing has hired Luke Yoder, former director of field operations for the San Diego Padres, as its national sports field specialist. In the position, Yoder will serve sports turf managers in Southern California and support national accounts. He will work closely with Troy Smith, Ewing’s national sports turf products manager, and Ewing’s nationwide team of sports field specialists — Tim Lambert, Jim... read more
