TURF INDUSTRY NEWS
Tird Wave of Pandemic Twarts demopark 2021 Just a few weeks after the decision to postpone demopark 2021 to the fall, Germany and many other parts of the world were hit with a third wave of the coronavirus. Europe's largest open-air exhibition for the green sector is taking a break this year due to the pandemic. "In view of the uncertain situation, we decided with a heavy heart not to let demopark 2021 take place," says Dr. Bernd Scherer, demopark trade fair director and managing director of the VDMA agricultural technology industry association. Te decision, which the trade fair advisory board made unanimously, was "currently without any alternative, as the protection of visitors and exhibitors is our highest goal." Te dates are now set for June 18-20, 2023. More information at
www.demopark.de.
14th ITRC Postponed to July 10 -15, 2022
Maria Strandberg, ITS President and STERF director, provided the following information in the 14th ITRC. Te coronavirus situation all over the world does not look very optimistic and we all have to face long-term restrictions regarding traveling, gathering and conferences. According to the Health Directorate of EU, the sanctions and restrictions related to the Corona/ Covid-19 situation will last at least for the next eight months; effects of general vaccination are not expected to be seen until the autumn of 2021. Due to this uncertainty created by the global Covid-19 pandemic, the ITS board made the final decision in December 2020, to postpone the 14th International Turfgrass Research Conference to 2022. ITS board is currently considering the implications of postponing the conference to 2022 in terms of ITS membership etc. and further communication will follow. Te ITRC2021 has been renamed to ITRC2022 and the dates are now set for July 10-15, 2022, as an on-site conference according to the existing plans. Te venue at Copenhagen University and the hotel reservations are rebooked without any extra costs. Te conference organizer CAP Partner has agreed to the postponement. Main sponsors for the conference have been contacted and are all in favor of postponing the conference. Conference program, technical tours, the one-day practitioners´ seminar, and social events will be rearranged and set up in 2022 according to the existing plans. More information at:
www.itrc2022.org In conjunction with the postponement of the ITRC a second call for papers has been issued. Te ‘Standards for International Turfgrass Society Research Journal’ have been revised to make a clearer distinction between ‘Short communications’ and ‘Technical papers.’ Te Standards are accessible at the conference website
www.itrc2022.org and the Wiley ITSRJ subsite:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ journal/25731513. Te deadlines for the second call have been set to: Full papers: June 1, 2021, Short communications: September 1, 2021, and Technical papers: January 1, 2022.
Te Turfgrass Producers of Texas Launch Your Texas Lawn To address lawn care questions specific to Texas homeowners, the Turfgrass Producers of Texas have launched Your Texas Lawn at
YourTexasLawn.com as a resource and online community focused on lawn care issues for Texans. Your Texas Lawn is
designed to help Texans solve problems in their current lawn, or, if in need of a new lawn, help select the right sod for their region’s climate and soil.
YourTexasLawn.com offers guidelines about which types of grass will stand up to shade or drought conditions, full sun, or high traffic. Lawn maintenance tips are specific to growing and caring for grass in Texas. Many of the resources available on Your Texas Lawn were produced by the Texas turfgrass specialists at Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. “We know that Texas is special, right down to our lawns. Your Texas Lawn was developed to offer videos and information for Texas only,” said Brent Batchelor, executive director of the Turfgrass Producers of Texas. “Trough Your Texas Lawn, they’ll learn how to select the right grass for their part of Texas, how to install it, fertilize it, mow it, and take care of it. Because lawns are about more than just grass. Tat’s why we say: Your Texas Lawn, Feels Like Home.” Check out the features at
YourTexasLawn.com. Te purpose of
YourTexasLawn.com is to help Texans avoid searching the internet endlessly through turfgrass maintenance information that does not apply to the climate, soil, or environment of Texas.
YourTexasLawn.com pulls together lawn care and grass selection information developed by Texas turf experts for Texas homeowners. You can also join the Your Texas Lawn Facebook Community at
https://www.facebook.com/ YourTexasLawn/
NALP’s National Lawn Care Month Toolkit Coloring Book Tough the April is … National Lawn Care Month promotion has ended, much from that campaign to educate the public about the benefits of healthy lawns can be used year-round. In 2021, NALP, the developer and promoter of the initial idea, focused their efforts on the ways that lawns and landscapes help fight climate change. With TPI and TLI both industry partners in this promotion, TPI members have access to the free resources in the NALP National Lawn Care Month Toolkit. You may want to download one of those resources, a coloring book handout, to share with the young family members of your residential customers and with the youth groups that come for tours of your sod farm. Te coloring book is available by contacting Turf News co-editor Suz Trusty at
suztrusty@TurfGrassSod.org or by accessing the Toolkit at the link that follows.
https://www.landscapeprofessionals.org/LP/News-Pubs/Lawn_ Care_Month/LP/Membership/
national-lawn-care-month.aspx.
58 TPI Turf News May/June 2021
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