The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) has selected Savannah, Ga., as the host city of the 2022 STMA Conference and Exhibition. STMA’s 33rd Annual Conference & Exhibition will be held January 17-20, 2022. Registration opens on October 2021. Please visit the STMA Conference page for more information. The Savannah Convention Center is a quick ferry ride from the Downtown Historic District, which boasts... read more
When Drew Maskey became the director of turf management last summer for the Lake County Captains, the high-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians in Eastlake, Ohio, he was working for a high-end residential landscaping company on the West side of Cleveland. Maskey has spent 14 years working as a groundskeeper and was working for the Cleveland Indians when the COVID-19... read more
The Sports Turf Management Association (STMA) will unveil its new best management practices (BMPs) on April 22. For the past 17 months, the STMA BMP Task Group has been developing a comprehensive environmental best management practices program. The Best Management Practices for the Sports Field Manager: A Professional Guide for Sports Field Management provides chapters and our membership at-large with... read more
Target Specialty Products is launching Turf Fuel Infinite, designed for turf professionals to help improve moisture management and stress tolerance. “The No. 1 priority for our product development at Turf Fuel is to deliver unique solutions to age old challenges our customers face,” said Mark Jull, Target specialty products, proprietary products manager. “With Infinite, we have targeted the common need... read more
Bayer is planning to divest its Environmental Science Professional business, which includes vector control, professional pest management, industrial vegetation management, forestry and turf and ornamentals solutions. The company said this move is designed to focus on the core agricultural business in its Crop Science division. The Environmental Science Professional business netted sales of 600 million Euros (approximately $ 728,250,000 USD)... read more
