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Bayer CropScience Now Accepting Applications for the Healthy Turf, Healthy Tomorrow Plant Health Academy - Twelve superintendents will be selected to experience plant health research and education program by

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:36:53 EST

Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience LP, is accepting applications from GCSAA Class A and superintendent members through June 5 for the inaugural Healthy Turf, Healthy Tomorrow Plant Health Academy. The Academy is the first of four Healthy Turf, Healthy Tomorrow educational opportunities available to superintendents since Bayer launched the program in collaboration with the GCSAA...

Are Salaries Really Going Up? - It's easy to dispute GCSAA survey by Larry Aylward/Editorial Director

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:11:48 EST

I received an email last week from golf course superintendent Billy Lewis, who couldn't believe that the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) published a report stating: "Employers of GCSAA superintendents continue to reinforce the value they place in these golf course managers as the average salary for the profession in 2013 climbed to more than $82,500 annually."
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Surfactant Solutions - Aquatrols offers white paper focusing on role surfactants play in preparing for drought conditions by

Tue, 9 Apr 2013 14:05:56 EST

Paulsboro, N.J.-based Aquatrols Corp. of America has released a white paper that focuses on the critical role soil surfactants play in preparing for drought conditions.

Predictions from several drought-forecasting agencies suggest that drought conditions will persist over large sections of the United States through the spring and early summer. The worst conditions are expected in t...

More Turf Colorants, Please - 65 percent of superintendents say they use turf colorants, according to Becker Underwood by

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:56:14 EST

The folks at Becker Underwood's booth, including Product Manager Joe Lara, report that more superintendents are using turf colorants, even if their maintenance budgets are flat or have decreased.

According to a Becker Underwood survey, 65 percent of superintendents said they use turf colorants at their courses. The projected budget allotted for turf colorants increased to $1,832 in...

Plagmann Elected President of Tee-2-Green - Fourth-generation farmer was president of Penncross Bentgrass Growers Association by

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:15:12 EST

Tee-2-Green, a worldwide marketer of bentgrass varieties for golf courses, elected Terry Plagmann as the organization's new president.

Plagmann, who previously held the office of secretary and has been president of the Penncross Bentgrass Growers Association for more than three decades, was nominated as the new president of Tee-2-Green during the organization's annual meeting of sto...

Big Three Off to a Good Start - Mower companies announced solid earnings for first quarter by

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:09:16 EST

The golf course maintenance industry's major mower companies - John Deere, Jacobsen and The Toro Co. - are off to a good start in 2013. The three companies reported strong earnings for the first quarter.

Moline, Ill.-based Deere announced record first-quarter earnings of $650 million with earnings per share climbing 27 percent on 10 percent gain in net sales and revenues. Worldwid...

"I'm About Green Grass" - At Intelligent Use of Water event, Emerson says turf doesn't need to be brown for superintendents to be efficient irrigators by Larry Aylward/Editorial Director

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:05:07 EST

Why am I standing up?" Shawn Emerson asked the audience. "Because I've irrigated more than 19 billion gallons of water on golf courses."

Indeed, when you've irrigated that much water, you're more than qualified to speak at a conference on water. And that's why Emerson, director of agronomy at the Desert Mountain Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., was speaking at the Intelli...