The Deep South Turf Expo:
LOOKING FORWARD TO 2021
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December 14, 2020 Vendor Appreciation Sporting Clay Shoot Lower Wetumpka Sporting Club
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By Melanie Bonds, ATA Executive Director
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egrettably, our plans for the 2020 Deep South Turf Expo did not come to fruition this year. Initially cancelling the Conference and Tradeshow due to Covid-19, the DSTE board planned to offer a scaled down tradeshow at The Preserve Golf Course, along with the Scramble Tournament and a Tailgate reception. Due to the on-going threat of COVID-19, the hurricanes that devastated many homes and businesses along the Gulf Coast, and economic considerations on the part of many employers, a decision was made to cancel the Tournament, Tradeshow and Tailgate planned for October 26, 2020 as well. I would like to thank our vendors who came out strong in support of this year’s event. They are anxious to re-connect with their customers and we appreciate the efforts they made for the 2020 Tournament, Tradeshow and Tailgate. We are blessed, truly blessed, and we hope everyone will thank those listed below who were willing to support the scaled down Expo financially. With that said, we have begun planning for our 2021 Expo, scheduled for November 1–4, 2021 which will again be held at the Mississippi Coast Convention Center in Biloxi. We hope many of the Covid-19 fears will have been laid to rest by then, and we are anxiously looking forward to the development of a vaccine to make congregating safe for everyone. We plan to come back strong with a great education program, tradeshow and networking opportunities. So be sure to save the date for our turfgrass industry reunion in 2021!
BWI Companies, Inc......................................... 13 www.bwicompanies.com Coosa Valley Turf Farms.................................. 21 www.coosavalleyturffarms.com Greene County Fertilizer Co........................... 13 www.greenecountyfert.com Greenville Turf & Tractor, Inc.......................Inside Front Cover www.greenvilleturf.com HollyFrontier Speciality Products..................23 www.hollyfrontierlsp.com KWMI / K & W Products, Inc.........Back Cover www.KWMIequipment.com Leading Edge Communications........................3 www.LeadingEdgeCommunications.com Progressive Turf Equipment Inc......................3 www.progressiveturfequip.com
THANK YOU to Our Exhibitors and Sponsors That Supported Our Efforts We encourage our members to support them as well
RD Murphy, LLC..................................................7 www.rdmurphy.com Regal Chemical Company.................................5 www.regalchem.com Riebeling Farms, Inc...........................................7
Aqua Aid Solutions
Harrell's LLC
Bayer
Jerry Pate Turf & Irrigation
Beard Equipment Company
Nufarm
Sod Solutions Southern Specialty Equipment, Inc.
Southern Specialty Equipment....................... 15 www.ssequip.net
Southern Star Turf Technology, LLC
Southeast Turf Maintenance............................7 www.southeastturf.com Sur-Line Turf, Inc.............................................. 15 www.surlineturf.com
Capillary Concrete
PBI Gordon Corporation
Complete Turf Care
Prime Source
Standard Golf Company
FMC
Redexim Turf Products
STEC Equipment
Graham Spray Equipment Grasshopper Company
Simplot T&O Sipcam Agro USA
Smith Seed Services.........................................22 www.smithseed.com
Sur-Line Turf, Inc. Syngenta Watertronics
The Turfgrass Group....................................9, 19 www.theturfgrassgroup.com Weed Man...........................................................7 www.weedmanfranchise.com 11
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Ben Nelson Golf and Outdoor
Ladd's
SiteOne Landscape Supply
