TURF INDUSTRY NEWS
Aqua-Yield Announces Availability of NanoPhiteTM Aqua-Yield recently announced the immediate availability of NanoPhite™, the company’s latest product to use its patented and proprietary NanoShield® delivery system - and - the latest to ensure proper and total nutrition during the crop’s growing cycle. NanoPhite improves the absorption rates of phosphorus. NanoPhite is available for purchase in easy-to-use 2.5-gallon containers, and at only four ounces per use, can “feed” up to 80 acres of land. Research and development of NanoPhite has spanned the last two years. Constant positive results, including many in the environmental area, indicated it was time for a general release.
Barenbrug USA Ace Hardware “Vendor Of Te Year” Barenbrug USA has been named ‘Vendor of the Year’ by Ace Hardware Corporation, winning this honor out of 2,500+ vendors to Ace. Ace Hardware has more than 5,000 hardware stores locally owned and operated across the USA. Te Barenbrug USA Team recently received this award at the Ace Hardware Spring Show in Orlando, Florida. Vice President of Consumer Products Al Hirsch said, “Every year we embark on this mission, and this year, we are honored that Ace Hardware has recognized our commitment. We have a unique, customizable approach to customer service that crafts a tailored strategy to assist Ace in meeting their needs. It has been our purpose and passion to deliver world-class customer service for over 20 years; we are beyond proud of our team and organization for their hard work and dedication.”
Recent Study Reports on Football Injuries Increase on Synthetic Surfaces Ten years of NCAA Football Injuries just published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine show Division I athletes had three times the rate of posterior cruciate ligament injuries on synthetic turf. ACL & PCL knee injuries to Div. II & III athletes increased by 63 percent and 313 percent. #KeepItREAL
Project EverGreen Teams Up with SiteOne Landscape Supply to Recruit New GreenCare for Troops Volunteers Military families make significant sacrifices during a loved ones’ deployment. To honor that sacrifice Project EverGreen’s GreenCare for Troops initiative, SiteOne® Landscape Supply and leading industry product suppliers are teaming up to help military families by recruiting new volunteers to help those families with basic lawn care and landscaping tasks. New volunteers who register with the GreenCare for Troops program and agree to help at least one military family with complimentary lawn and landscape services will be rewarded with coupons from a variety of suppliers on products they use daily. To qualify for the coupons, new volunteers must complete the online registration process. Once that is done they will receive an email with special coupons redeemable at SiteOne locations nationwide for select turf maintenance and control
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product purchases. Participating companies in the nationwide launch include FMC, Lebanon Turf, Nufarm, PBI-Gordon and SiteOne Landscape Supply. Additional suppliers will be added as the program expands. “Tese valuable services provide military families with peace of mind and freedom to heal,” says Cindy Code, executive director of Project EverGreen. “A managed yard and landscape provides vital outdoor space for military personnel and their families to begin their recovery and re-connect with their families.” GreenCare for Troops enters its 13th year providing complimentary lawn and landscape services for the families of currently deployed military personnel.
NCSU Releases 5th Annual NC Sod Producers Report North Carolina State University (NCSU) conducted its fifth annual survey of North Carolina Sod Producers and released the report mid-April.
Overview • Supply of bermudagrass sod is similar to 2018, with most suppliers saying they have adequate supplies for their expected demand in 2019. Tere still may be some shortages.
• Supply of zoysiagrass and St. Augustinegrass are expected to be better in 2019 compared to 2018.
• Shortages for tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass sod were predicted for 2019.
• Tis was the second consecutive year that producers predicted they could have shortages of centipedegrass sod.
• Tere are expected price increases for all the turfgrass species in 2019. Of the actual prices reported for early 2019, St. Augustinegrass, zoysiagrass, and centipedegrass had the greatest increases.
• Tere was a ten percent increase in growers reporting that they grew certified sod.
• Production acreage has slightly increased over 2018. • Te primary markets for North Carolina sod producers are landscape contractors.
• Tere was an uptick in sales to the sports/athletic field sector of consumers as compared to previous years.
Survey Details Twenty-two producers representing the following farm sizes
completed the anonymous online survey: •
less than 200 acres (ten participants)
• 201 to 500 acres (five participants) • 501 to 800 acres (four participants) • more than 800 acres (three participants)
North Carolina Sod Producers Association (NCSPA) records suggest the number of completed surveys represents about 55 percent of the sod farms in North Carolina. Te complete report can be examined at:
https://content.ces.ncsu. edu/sod-producers-report-for-north-carolina#
TPI Turf News July/August 2019
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