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TURF INDUSTRY CALENDAR


JULY July 9—12 AmericanHort – Cultivate’16 Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH Contact: http://cultivate16.org/index.cfm July 10—12 Legislative Day on the Hill Washington, DC Contact: https://www.landscapeprofessionals.org/nalp/nalp/advocacy/ legislative-day-on-the-hill.aspx July 14 Washington Association of Landscape Professionals — 2016 Field Day JB Instant Lawn, Redmond, WA Contact: 425-967-0729; info@walp.org July 17—19 2016 Texas Turfgrass Conference Hyatt Hill Country Resort, Lost Pines, TX Contact: www.texasturf.com July 19—21 2016 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days Snudden Farms, Lake Geneva, WI Contact: http://www.wifarmtechnologydays.com/ July 20 Nebraska Turfgrass Research Field Day Lincoln, NE Contact: www.nebraskaturfgrass.com July 28 Iowa State University Field Day ISU Turfgrass Research Station Contact: 515-635-0306 or Iowaturfgrass.org/events.htm


AUGUST August 2 & 3 2016 Rutgers Turfgrass Research Field Days August 2 – Hort Farm 2, N. Brunswick, NJ August 3 – Adelphia Farm, Freehold, NJ Contact: http://njta.wildapricot.org/ August 4 UGA Turfgrass Field Day UGA Griffin Campus, Griffin, GA Contact: https://urbanagcouncil.com/uga-turfgrass-field-day-august-4/ August 4 Kansas Turfgrass Foundation—Annual Field Day Rock Ford Turfgrass Research Center, Manhattan, KS Contact: (785) 532-6173; cdipman@ksu.edu August 9 Ohio Turfgrass Foundation—Field Day Columbus, OH Contact: http://www.ohioturfgrass.org/events/event_list.asp August 10—11 Penn State Turf & Ornamentals Field Days Joseph Valentice Turfgrass Research Center, University Park Campus Contact: http://paturf.org/events/penn-state-turf-and-ornamentals- field-days-2016-2 August 14—17 VIII CICES – Congreso Iberoamericano de Control de Erosion Cartagena de Indias, Colombia Contact: http://viiicices.org/


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August 17 Colorado Sports Turf Managers Association — 2016 Summer Seminar Broomfield County Commons Park, Broomfield, CO Contact: http://www.ci.broomfield.co.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/9 August 22—25 StormCon Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN Contact: www.stormcon.com August 22—26 3rd World Conference of World Association of Soil & Water Conservation Belgrade, Serbia Contact: http://3rdwaswacconference.sfb.bg.ac.rs/venue.html August 28—30 Turf Australia – NxGen 2016 (IE under 40) Perth, Western Australia Contact: (02) 4588 5735; admin@turfaustralia.com.au August 31—September 1 Te Southern Nursery Association (SNA) SE Green Landscape Conference Te Classic Center, Athens, GA Contact: http://www.segreen.org/


SEPTEMBER September 15—17 Te Landscape Show Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL Contact: http://www.fngla.org/ September 19—21 AmericanHort – Plug & Cutting Conference Sheraton Carlsbad Resort & Spa, Carlsbad, CA Contact: http://americanhort.org/AH/Events___Programs/2016/ Plug___Cutting/plug_cut_home.aspx September 20—22 23rd Annual Chapter Conference, Workshop & Trade Exposition Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Annapolis, MD Contact: http://macieca.org/events/ September 26—28 FTGA 64th Annual Conference & Show Innisbrook Golf & Spa, Palm Harbor, FL Contact: www.ftga.org September 28—30 2016 EPT Farm Tour in Italy Kalidria Hotel Spa – Castellaneta Marina, TA, Italy Contact: http://turfgrassproducers.eu/2016farmtour/ September 29—30 Oklahoma Nursery and Landscape Association Annual Convention & Trade Show – Connecting the Dots Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK Contact: 405-945-6737; info@oknla.org


FEBRUARY February 20—23 Turfgrass Producers International – Celebrating 50 Years 2017 International Education Conference & Field Day Saddlebrook Resort, Tampa, FL Contact: 847-649-5555


For additional calendar items, visit www.TurfGrassSod.org. If you are planning an industry event of interest to our readers please send the information to ghannah@TurfGrassSod.org and put “Industry Calendar” in the subject line.


TPI Turf News July/August 2016


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