[Uaturfinfo] Final Reminder - Baseball Field Turfgrass Management Field Day & EXPO

[Umeda, Kai - (umedak)]

This is the final announcement before registration closes on Friday afternoon, July 27.

An exciting highlight for the coming Field Day & EXPO will be to see and hear George Toma, the legendary sports turf manager of the Super Bowl fields, who will be sharing his professional experiences.  Additionally, Chuck White, sports turf manager of the Hall of Fame Stadium turf for the Women’s College World Series will describe his work in Oklahoma.

Register now to attend the Baseball Field Turfgrass Management Field Day & EXPO<http://turf.arizona.edu/> on Tuesday morning, July 31, 2018 at Sloan Park in Mesa.  The spring training home of the Chicago Cubs, Arizona Sports Turf Managers Association, and The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Turfgrass Program will host and conduct the annual Field Day & EXPO.  An expanding EXPO is anticipated to have more allied turf industry representatives displaying and demonstrating products and equipment.

All turf managers and professionals from schools, community colleges, municipalities or other turf facilities are encouraged to attend and bring along coaches, supervisors, and administrators.

Topics of interest will include infield skins, mounds, batter’s box maintenance; irrigation system maintenance; painting and striping; weeds and pest management.

One (1) CEU for pesticide applicator license holders has been approved by the AZ Dept of Ag and DPM .

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Register now to help us with planning to order food on Friday afternoon (see attached form).

We thank the commitments and pledges supporting the Field Day & EXPO that include to date: Aqua-Aid Solutions, Aquatrols, Athletic Applications, Bayer, Corteva Agriscience, Evergreen Turf, Ewing Irrigation, Farms Choice, FMC Professional Solutions, Golden Eagle Distributors, Horizon, Hunter Industries, Los Angeles Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, Pioneer Athletics, Power Turf Renovation, Rainbird, Scotts, Simplot Partners, Simpson Norton Toro, Stabilizer Solutions, Stotz Equipment John Deere, Steiger Services, City of Surprise, Target Specialty Products, Textron/Jacobsen, Turface Athletics, West Coast Turf, Wilbur-Ellis Company.

Kai Umeda
Area Extension Agent, Turfgrass Science
The University of Arizona
Maricopa County Cooperative Extension
4341 E. Broadway Road
Phoenix, AZ 85040
602.827.8214
602.827.8292 fax
602.377.5042 cell
http://turf.arizona.edu



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