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Product News Math for the green industry
According to the company, the book is designed for both students and practitioners in the green industry and offers full coverage of the calculations necessary to effectively, safely, and economically manage a green industry operation. The authors, Michael L. Agnew, Nancy Agnew, Nick Christians and Ann Marie VanDerZanden, provide clear explanations of all relevant mathematical principles and cover calculations from determining area and volume, to the application of fertilizers, pesticides, and growth regulators, to preparing design and installation cost estimates. Coverage includes computations for:
Additional features include multiple computations users can work through, appendices with units of measure and equivalents, and a table with conversion factors. For more, click here.  Par Aide ProTect rake handle
The company says its ProTect handle is flexible and fade resistant, offering the best UV protection of any rake handle on the market. The materials are bonded together by heat, not by mechanical adhesives, so there's no worry of it coming off. The ProTect handle will fit with any Par Aide rake head. Contact a local Par Aide distributor, call 888-893-2433, or visit http://www.paraide.com. New diesel Groundsmasters introduced Toro has announced that the Groundsmaster 4000-D and 4100-D models are now available--powered by EPA Tier IV-compliant Kubota 2.4 liter diesel engines. According to the company, other updates of the mowers include:
Contact http://www.toro.com. Economic challenges produce greener Sprint lineup The challenge of rising costs for product ingredients, packaging materials and transportation has resulted in a greener, energy-saving lineup of Sprint iron chelate products from Becker Underwood, company officials say. The Sprint 330 five-pound packaging is changing from a plastic pail to an eco-friendly, high quality, recyclable, pre-printed paper bag, which reduces shipping materials by nearly 42 percent. The company can package 50 percent more product in the same size shipping container, which helps customers more effectively manage shipping costs and warehouse space. DTN/Meteorlogix joins National Center for Atmospheric Research The Golf Course goes digital In response to demand and requests from readers, The Golf Course, a source for news of the international golf trade, has responded by going digital. "While there is still room for traditional printed media" explained editor Trevor Ledger from his Scottish base, "we have received a lot of feedback requesting an online magazine. From hereon in we will be sending out an email newsletter every fortnight (two weeks) with news snippets and stories from across the golf industry; the new Website has now gone live and the full content will be available on there as a free subscription." Subscription to the eZine is free, and Ledge says fans of The Golf Course need not worry, that it will still contain the easy-to-navigate sections that cover news, developments, maintenance and management. To subscribe, visit www.the-golfcourse.eu. Curfew buffer zone reduced in five states Dow AgroSciences has received approval from the Departments of Agriculture in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina to reduce the buffer zone for Curfew soil fumigant to 30 feet from occupied structures. This is in addition to approval of the reduced buffer zone in Florida earlier this year. The reduction of the buffer zone for Curfew was requested by golf course superintendents and authorized custom applicators, says Dennis Lane, marketing specialist for Curfew. "The approved 30-foot buffer zone means golf course superintendents now have greater flexibility to protect their turf — especially in critical areas, such as tees and greens," Lane says. "We’ve seen situations where Curfew could only be applied to a portion of a green, for example, which resulted in a visible difference in turf between the treated and untreated portions." For more information contact a Dow AgroSciences sales representative or call 800-255-3726. LidoChem expands into Northeast and Midwest LidoChem Inc. has added of Chris Manzella as their Northeast/Midwest sales manager to support the company's Performance Nutrition Division expansion into those markets. In addition he will be responsible for developing LidoChem's relationships with strategic partners in complimentary plant fertility and disease control technologies. Manzella has a background in landscape development, product positioning, business management, integrated pest management and agricultural chemicals. |
Wiley Press has published a new comprehensive guide to the use of math in the Green Industry. 
Par Aide has introduced the new ProTect rake handle, an extra-durable, splinter free bunker rake handle that has the strength provided by a traditional fiberglass handle with an ultra-protective, long-lasting thermoplastic coating to reduce the chance for any fiberglass splinters.
"Over the past several months, our suppliers had delivered regular notices of significant price increases for raw ingredients and packaging materials, including those specifically used to produce and package our Sprint products," said Joe Lara, product manager for the company's turf and ornamental products. "Transportation costs have continued to rise, as well.
A team of DTN/Meteorlogix certified consulting meteorologists will collaborate with NCAR scientists to develop new and innovative weather products that will be utilized by DTN/Meteorlogix. The combined resources of this unique partnership will provide technology transfer from NCAR directly to all DTN/Meteorlogix subscribers in the form of increasingly accurate weather and pavement forecasts. 
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