Employee Engagement - Frans Jager

Coming out of one of the worst recessions of our generation and with unemployment still above 8%, who would believe that employee engagement, or rather the lack thereof, is a major issue in the U.S. economy? Yet it is! HR Solutions International,...

Unsung Heroes

The sad and untimely passing of Robert Barksdale hit the Virginia turf community hard. I didn't know him well but I know so many of his character around the nation. They are the often unsung heroes who step forward to do the extra work that benefi...

By Pat Jones

The Science Behind Chipco Signature

Why It Works for Reducing Summer Stress and Decline Chipco Signature is a effective solution for managing summer stress and decline in cool season turfgrass. Its multiple modes of action for reducing disease and plant stress come from the combin...

By Dr Frank Wong

A new crop of graduates - Dr Brandon Horvath

Well, as I sit and right this column, Spring graduation is just a little over a week away. I've been hearing for years now how over-saturated the turfgrass job market is, and how we have to stop producing all these graduates because they won't fi...

Looking and Listening - Dr Mike Goatley

I hate shopping but I will sometimes go to the Christiansburg mall with my wife, Lisa, as long as she will let me sit in one of the rocking chairs out in the common area so I can watch and listen to all that is going on around me. And if you pay a...