Rodney Smith Jr., founder of Raising Men Lawn Care Service, will give the keynote presentation at STMA’s Annual Conference and Exhibition in West Palm Beach, Fla. Rodney Smith came from Bermuda to the United States in 2009 where he studied at Alabama A&M and earned a degree in computer sciences. In 2015, Smith observed an elderly man struggling to cut... read more
The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) is offering free access to the 2019 STMA Conference presentation of “Strategies for Discussing Pest Management” presented by Jim Brosnan, Ph.D. In this webinar, Dr. Brosnan sheds light on the most effective strategies for discussing the topic of pest management and lends his expertise on best practices in the field. The webinar was originally... read more
The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) declared Andrew Miller the winner of the Stars and Stripes contest. Miller is the program adviser for the Brentsville Turf Grass Management Program in Nokesville, Va. With his “Friday Nights in Small Town USA” field design at Donald Lambert Field, he has won a complimentary pass to the 2020 STMA Annual Conference in West... read more
The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) is hosting a summer webinar series. Travis Gannon, Ph.D., associate professor at North Carolina State University, will present three webinars on pesticide exposure on athletic fields. Synthetic pesticides are commonly used to manage weeds, insects and diseases on managed athletic fields. Currently, there is much scrutiny around pesticides and their use, much of which is... read more
The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) launched its fourth annual “Stars and Stripes” contest on June 12. Enter the contest to win a complimentary pass to the 2020 STMA conference next January in West Palm Beach, Fla. In honor of our countrymen and our nation’s birthday, STMA invites sports turf managers to create their most unique Fourth of July field... read more
