FIFA - Athletic Turf

Pickseed, Barenbrug provide seed for 2010 FIFA World Cup

June 9, 2010By AT Staff

In spite of growing popularity of synthetic turf on sports fields around the world, turfgrass is still the preferred playing surface for professional soccer. Pickseed Canada and Barenbrug are among the companies supplying turfgrass seed for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which begins in South Africa on Friday, June 11. All 32 South African team base camps have been overseeded... read more

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Soccer beginning to embrace synthetic turf

November 10, 2009By AT Staff

HOLLAND, MI — The setting seemed incongruous. Here was Dr. James “Jim” Beard, who has spent more than a half century researching turfgrass and educating the world Dr. Jim Beard at Hope College’s new Van Andel Stadium (image courtesy of MiSTMA) about its care, speaking to a group of about 90 sports turf and grounds pros in front of one... read more