U p co m i n g Ev e n t
Save the Date for
University of Arkansas
Field Day
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Structure damage from storms that caused 2018’s Field Day to be cancelled
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Dr. Karcher leads an educational session
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Foam batting will be discussed as a cover strategy
July 24, 2019
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any of you are aware that the University of Arkansas Turfgrass Field Day, which was scheduled for July 2018, was cancelled because of a freak storm at our facility that destroyed several key structures associated with our program (Photo 1). Normally, we are on an every other year schedule, but have decided to host Field Day in 2019 due to last year’s cancellation. This year’s event will be held at the UofA Turfgrass Research Center in Fayetteville on July 24, 2019. As in the past, we will have research and education tours that are focused on either golf course management (Photo 2), lawn and landscape, or sports fields. A number of the projects and demonstrations that were scheduled for last year will be back on the schedule this year, but we will have some changes due to either research projects finishing last year or new projects starting this year. On the golf side, we will feature research regarding cover strategies such as creating air gaps under covers (Photo 3) for ultradwarf winter protection, the use of drones on a golf course, the latest in wetting agent research, fungicide programs for golf course turf and native plants that can be used in natural areas on the golf course, and several other topics of interest. The sports turf group will have a great opportunity to visit Razorback Stadium and learn about the conversion of the field back to natural grass. The field will be planted to Tahoma 31 and Pat Berger (Director of Sports Turf Operations) will provide insight and details of the project and the progress towards the first game. In addition, there will be
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