TURF INDUSTRY NEWS
Lucky the TurfMutt Promotes Green Space for a Tird Season on CBS For a third season, the President of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, Kris Kiser, along with his rescue dog known as Lucky the TurfMutt, will appear on the Emmy award-winning Lucky Dog television show, which airs on Saturday mornings as part of the “CBS Dream Team, It’s Epic” block of programming and is produced by Litton Entertainment. Te new shows will air in 2018, Lucky Dog’s fourth season on air. Lucky is the real-life rescue dog behind the animated superhero, TurfMutt, who is now “pawing it forward” for other rescue dogs by fighting environmental villains and championing the family yard, vital to the health of our communities and ecosystem.
TurfMutt.com’s environmental education and stewardship program educates children in grades K-5, their families and community leaders on the importance of caring for these important green spaces with its education partners. “Te TurfMutt program has reached more than 68 million children, educators and families, since 2009, showing them how they can ‘save the planet, one yard at a time,’” said Kiser. “Te Lucky Dog show has helped us inspire new audiences with the TurfMutt message—that green space is vital to the health of our families and communities. Your yard is not only an outdoor family room but it helps combat pollution, gives a home to wildlife and makes us happier, smarter and healthier people.”
Barenbrug Appoints New Hire to New Position Te Barenbrug Group has a new position, Global Seed Enhancement Technology Manager. It has been created to take seed enhancement to the next level, making it an integral part of their strategic approach, and creating added value for customers worldwide. Dr. Andro Tjin was appointed to that post in September. He will focus on the development of new technologies. He will also be responsible for creating synergy between the different regional seed enhancement programs and plants to maximize output. Dr. Tjin studied Plant Breeding in Wageningen, the Netherlands, and completed his PhD in Seed Physiology in winter wheat at Harper Adams University College in England. He joins Barenbrug from Syngenta, where he worked as a Senior Scientist in their Global Seed Enhancement Group.
SiteOne Landscape Supply Inks Distribution Agreement SiteOne Landscape Supply has signed a distribution agreement with BRANDT, a leading manufacturer of specialty products for the turf, agriculture and lawn and garden markets. All BRANDT and BRANDT iHammer turf and ornamental products will be available at all of the over 450 SiteOne locations around the U.S. and Canada.
Bayer Makes New Appointment Environmental Science, a business unit of Crop Science, a division of Bayer, has named Mark Schneid head of Environmental Science North America. Schneid is moving from chief marketing officer of the Environmental Science business unit. He will now be responsible for leading the business unit in the United States and Canada with a vision focused squarely on the needs of customers in the markets it serves, including: Turf & Ornamentals, Vegetation Management, Professional Pest Management and Vector Control, according to a press release. “Mark displays tremendous leadership within our organization, incredible passion for advancing our purpose of Science for a Better Life, and a tireless commitment to serve our people, our customers, and the industries in which we operate,” says Gilles Galliou, head of Region Americas for Environmental Science. “We could not be more excited for Mark to be taking the helm of our Environmental Science business unit in North America, working to shape the future of our business and the markets we serve.”
$2,500 Grants to Improve Animal Welfare Farmers whose operations include livestock and poultry can apply for a $2,500 Fund-a-Farmer grant from the Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT). Since 2012, FACT has awarded 91 Fund-a-Farmer grants totaling $195,000, directly impacting more than 66,000 animals on independent family farms across 27 states. A 2016 survey of grant recipients found that 90 percent of the projects are still in use, 97 percent had highly improved or somewhat improved animal welfare and 93 percent had improved the farms financial sustainability, by improving profits, creating recurring cost savings and increasing customers. FACT offers two distinct types of grants focused on: 1) pasture-based farming systems, and 2) farm improvements that result in successful animal welfare certification. Applications must be submitted online by December 4, 2017 for grants to be awarded in January 2018. Full details available at:
www.foodanimalconcernstrust.org/farmer.
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