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Hunter offers free technician training in Spanish

September 16, 2015By AT Staff

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

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Jacobsen unveils Professional Series mowers, utility vehicles

September 3, 2015By AT Staff

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

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Luke Yoder joins Ewing sports field team

September 2, 2015By AT Staff

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

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Sports Turf Research Institute exec announces retirement

September 1, 2015By AT Staff

Gordon McKillop, Ph.D., chief executive of the Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI), has announced he will retire in the Spring of 2016. McKillop has held the position since July 2000 and joined STRI from what was then the Central Science Laboratory, a Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) agency. The STRI is a consultancy and research organization based... read more

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2015 WinField Academy schedule released

August 13, 2015By AT Staff

WinField has released its 2015 WinField Academy schedule. The academy brings interactive development courses to professionals in 14 different markets. Events are tailored to the golf, lawn, sports turf, ornamentals, pest control, aquatics and vegetation management industries. WinField Academies aim to help industry professionals learn about the latest products and technologies, review application best practices and discover new business strategies,... read more

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