New bermudagrass variety from Oklahoma State does it all for transition zone NFL field. Some people find sports turf. For others, sports turf finds them. Jay Warnick, sports field manager for the Kansas City Chiefs, was looking to pursue a career in arboriculture or greenhouse management. Upon graduating from Utah State with a degree in ornamental horticulture, he applied for... read more
Comerica Park, home of the Detroit Tigers, traded in its patchwork-patterned turf for a new HGT Kentucky bluegrass field just one week before Opening Day and on the heels of a late-March snowfall. The Tigers’ grounds crew aimed to install a new field before the 2013 season and after Detroit’s Hockeytown Winter Festival, a winter event where the NHL installs... read more
Jared Hoyle, Ph.D., Kansas State University (KSU) extension turfgrass specialist, gives Athletic Turf updates on its turf program at the 2014 STMA Conference. The KSU turf team has been painting athletic fields as well as researching wear tolerance and experimental weed control products. read more
AstroTurf announced a partnership agreement with the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC). AstroTurf will become the new official synthetic turf provider of “The Kansas Conference.” “We are delighted to be teaming up with AstroTurf,” said Dr. Scott Crawford, commissioner of the KCAC. “They are an organization with a tremendous history and a continuing commitment to innovation for the betterment of athletic competition.... read more
Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) released its 2013 “Field of the Year Award” list of winners to be presented at the 25th STMA Conference & Exhibition Jan. 21-24, 2014, in San Antonio, Tex. Since 1992, STMA’s Field of the Year Award is given to members who manage baseball, football, softball, soccer and other sporting grounds at the professional, collegiate or schools (K-12)... read more
