Mike Parent, president of H&K Sports Fields, a Wisconsin-based athletic field construction company, has joined the J&D Turf team. J&D Turf is an operational division of Advanced Turf Solutions. With Parent on board, J&D Turf plans to expand its sports field consulting, renovation, construction and maintenance services into Wisconsin by adding a crew of qualified field technicians based in Milwaukee... read more
PBI-Gordon Corp. issued Section 2(ee) recommendations for use of Kabuto Fungicide SC in select states for the treatment of spring dead spot (SDS) in warm-season turfgrass. Labeled for use on golf courses, sports fields and residential and commercial turf, Kabuto is a proprietary formulation that inhibits all stages of development in the fungal life cycle of SDS. It can be... read more
Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) has named Ryder Haulk, assistant sports field manager for Purdue University Athletics, in West Lafayette, Ind., winner of the annual “Stars and Stripes” field art contest. Haulk’s “Red, White and Purdue” design at Bittinger Stadium shattered previous voting records, garnering 2,019 online “likes” nationwide and earning him a complimentary pass to the 2019 STMA Annual... read more
On June 28 the Green Sports Alliance will present its annual Environmental Leadership Award and Environmental Innovators of the Year awards during its Green Sports Celebration. The sixth year of awards will recognize and celebrate the best in sports and sustainability at the Sacramento Kings’ Golden 1 Center. The Environmental Leadership Award is given only to individuals. It goes to a person... read more
Wiedenmann North America, LLC, headquartered in Savannah, Ga., and the North American distributor for Wiedenmann GmBH, named Stan Moscrip as the non‐golf sales manager for North America. Moscrip brings 25 years of experience in the turf industry, having spent the last three years as general manager of GreensGroomer Worldwide. Prior to that, Stan developed and managed athletic fields in the... read more
