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• 2019 LaFontaine Golf Outing

  • When
    20 Jun 2019
  •  
    8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Coyote Preserve Golf Club

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  The Gordon LaFontaine Endowment for Turfgrass Research was created to establish a solid source of funding for basic research in the field of turfgrass science. Donations to the LaFontaine Endowment create a legacy to fund research long-term, as these donations work in perpetuity to generate interest for fundamental research projects to help solve tomorrow’s problems today. The LaFontaine Golf Outing is an annual event held to generate income for the LaFontaine Endowment.

  *Payment may be made online with registration or during check in at the golf outing.  Choose "Invoice Me" option and a printable invoice will be emailed to you.

  
  

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• 2019 Michigan State Turfgrass Field Day

  • When
    14 Aug 2019
  •  
    8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Hancock Turfgrass Research Center

  Registration for 2019 coming soon.

  Here is an example of last year's events:

  Schedule:

  7:30 AM Registration Opens 

  8:45 AM Opening Comments

  9:00 AM Morning research tours begin

  12:00 PM Catered lunch by Spartan Hall of Fame Cafe

  1:00 PM Afternoon workshops/field tours begin

  3:00 PM Afternoon workshops/field tours conclude

  5 MDARD pesticide recertification credits available.

  3 credits available for 3A, 6, or Comm. Core for the morning tour. 2 credits available for 3A, 6, or Comm. Core for the afternoon diagnostic tours. 

  Morning Research Tours 
  

  There are separate tours for Golf and Lawn Care/Grounds/Athletic Fields. Each tour will have 6 stops of 30 minutes in length.

  Golf Research Tour (3 MDARD pest. recert credits; .30 GCSAA Education pts)

  Topics/Stops include:

  Managing diseases on golf courses

  Annual bluegrass control on fairways

  Rolling fairways and rolling during establishment

  Putting green renovation practices including Basamid and fraze mowing

  Update on Japanese beetle and other turf pests

  Using drones for predicting stress

  Lawn Care/Grounds/Athletic Field Tour (3 MDARD pest. recert credits)

  Topics/Stops include:

  Disease management

  Preemergence herbicides and mulches for weed control in ornamental beds

  Update on Japanese beetle and other turf pests

  Annual bluegrass control in athletic fields and lawns

  Herbicide timing and tactics for enhancing broadleaf weed control

  Species and cultivar evaluations

  Afternoon Workshops/Tours

  1. Weed Walk (2 MDARD pest. recert credits; anticipate .20 GCSAA Education pts) limited to 60 registrants

  As the weed walk enters it’s 18th year, the summer of 2018 has produced another bumper crop of weeds infesting turf.  Aaron Hathaway will lead the tour of the turf center and teach identification characteristics of the common turf weeds and the best control practices.  Tour will include discussion of best management practices both with and without herbicides to ensure high turfgrass quality and most importantly customer satisfaction. 

  2. Disease Walk (primarily golf turf diseases) (2 MDARD pest. recert credits; anticipate .20 GCSAA Education pts) limited to 60 registrants
  

  The turf pathology research team will lead this diagnostic tour for pathogens.   If you have difficulty distinguishing between Laetisaria fuciformis and Limnomyces roseipellis on your golf course you definitely need to attend this workshop.  Participants will learn:

  • 1)    How to identify the common turfgrass diseases using both in-field techniques and microscopes
  • 2)    Management options for common diseases including: dollar spot, brown patch, crown-rotting anthracnose, red thread, and pythium blight and root-rot.
  • 3)    How to recognize the symptoms of summer decline of both bentgrass and Poa annua

  3. Insect Walk (2 MDARD pest. recert credits; anticipate .20 GCSAA Education its) limited to 50 registrants - Not Available - Completely Filled

  
  

  Proper insect management demands proper identification of damage and the insect.  Join MSU entomologist Dr. David Smitley for an insect diagnostics walking tour of the MSU campus.  During the tour various ornamental and turfgrass insect damage symptoms will be observed and cultural and insecticide management options will be discussed. 

  4. Athletic Field Tour (2 MDARD pest. recert credits)
  

  Hop on the bus for the athletic field tour as we will visit Cooley Law School Stadium - home of the Lansing Lugnuts, and MSU's Spartan Stadium. Zach Severns from the Lugnuts and Amy Fouty from MSU Athletics will discuss their management programs for baseball and football fields and provide tips and tricks for helping you improve the turf at your facility.

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• 2020 Michigan Turfgrass Conference Sponsorship Opportunities

  • Start
    07 Jan 2020
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    09 Jan 2020
  •  
    8:00 PM
  • Location
    Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, East Lansing, MI
  • Registered
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  2020 Michigan Turfgrass Conference Sponsorship Opportunities

  Michigan Turfgrass Conference - January 7-9, 2020
  Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, East Lansing, MI
  Exhibit Function:  January 7, 2019 / 4:00 - 6:30pm

  
  

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• 2020 Michigan Turfgrass Conference

  • Start
    07 Jan 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • End
    09 Jan 2020
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    MSU Kellogg Center

  Credit Information:

  MDARD Pesticide Recertification Credits

  Tuesday, Jan. 22: 4 credits (3A, 3B, 6, Comm. Core)

  Wednesday, Jan. 23: 7 credits (3A, 3B, 6, Comm. Core)

  Thursday, Jan. 24: 6 credits (3A, 3B, 6, Comm. Core)

  GCSAA  Education Pts.

  Tuesday, Jan. 22: 0.60 pts.

  Wednesday, Jan. 23: 0.60 pts.

  Thursday, Jan. 24: 0.65 pts. 

  Education Program

  Tuesday, Jan 22     

  Golf (Big Ten A)
  

  9:00 AM          Creating and Leading a High Octane, High Productivity, "On a Mission from God" High Performance Team - Greg Patterson, Founder and President, Tribal Magic                                          

  10:45 AM       Turfgrass Pathology Research Update - Dr. Joe Vargas, Jr.

  11:30 AM       Putting Green Management Research Update - Dr. Trey Rogers                                         

  12:00 Lunch                                                 

  1:30 PM         The Big Time-Long Time Staff Happy Toolbox - Gregg Patterson, Founder and President, Tribal Magic

  2:30 PM         Implementing the Smith-Kerns Dollar Spot Model at your facility - Dr. Paul Koch, Univ. Wisconsin      

  3:30 PM         Michigan Pesticide Regulatory Update - Molly Mott, Pesticide Enforcement Specialist, MDARD                                   

  Lawns, Athletic Fields, and Grounds (Lincoln)            

  10:45 AM       Weed Control Update - Aaron Hathaway, Msu

  1:30 PM         What We've Learned from Stadium Turf Establishment Projects - Dr. Trey Rogers, MSU           

  2:30 PM      2018 Year in Review and Tips for Improving Turf in 2019 - Dr. Kevin Frank, MSU                                                   

  3:30 PM         Turf Insects in Michigan Lawns - David Smitley, MSU

  4:30 PM         Annual Meetings MiGCSA, MTF, MiSTMA 

  Equipment Technicians Session (Hancock Turf Research Center)

  8:00 AM Registration

  8:30-10:30 AM Schaffer oil and lubricants, grease and fuel additives

  10:45 AM Jacobsen 

  12:00  Lunch

  1:00 PM   John Deere JW Turf - Bill Stone  

  3:00 PM Adjourn                                    

  Wednesday, Jan. 23 

  Golf (Big Ten A morning; Auditorium afternoon)                             

  8:00 AM          Grad Student Research Presentations - Ryan Bearss, Thomas Green, Anna Stouffer-Hopkins, and Mick Piombino

  9:00 AM          Turfgrass Nutrition, Nutrient Fate, and Cultivar Evaluation Research Update - Dr. Kevin Frank, MSU

  9:30 AM          Physiology Research Update - Dr. Emily Merewitz, MSU

  10:00 AM       Snow Mold Control: What works and why the heck didn't it work at my place - Dr. Paul Koch, Univ. Wisconsin

  11:00 AM Lunch

  12:30 PM       Golf as Natural Capital - Dr. Brian Horgan, Univ. Minnesota

  1:30 PM         The Story of Erin Hills - Mike Hurdzan, Hurdzan Golf

  2:30 PM         Growing Turf in Low Light, Shaded Environments - Dr. Aaron Patton 

  3:30 PM Scholarship Awards

  4:00 PM Vendor Half-Time Show

  Lawns, Athletic Fields, and Grounds (Lincoln)

  8:00 AM          CSI Turfgrass: Identification and management of the most common lawn/sports diseases, insects, and abiotic problems - Dr. Paul Koch, Univ. Wisconsin    

  
  

  9:00 AM          Sustainable Turfgrass Systems - Dr. Brian Horgan, Univ. Minnesota         

              

  10:00 AM       MSU Weed Diagnostics - Erin Hill, MSU Diagnostic Services           

                                                              

  11:00 Lunch
  

  
  

  12:30 PM       How you can make your herbicides work better - Dr. Aaron Patton, Purdue University    

  
  

  1:30 PM         Identifying Diseases in Lawns and Sports Turf - Nancy Dykema, MSU       

              

  2:30 PM         Biting Stinging Insects - Howard Russell, MSU Diagnostic Services          

  
  

  3:30 PM         Scholarship Awards (Auditorium)

  
  

  4:00 PM         Vendor Half-Time Show                             
  

  Asst. Golf Course Superintendents (103 AB)
  

  12:30 PM       Tall fescue: Niche grass or game changer? - Bob Vavrek, USGA

  
  

  1:30 PM         Transitioning from Asst. to Superintendent - Mike Montney, Western Golf and CC and Brian Hilfinger, Edgewood CC

  
  

  2:00 PM         South 9 renovation at Cascade Hills CC - Orville Davis, Cascade Hills CC

  
  

  2:30 PM         GCSAA Assistant Certification and EXCEL Leadership Programs - Steve Randall, GCSAA

  
  

  3:30 PM Adjourn                          

  
  

  Equipment Technicians Session (Hancock Turf Research Center)

  8:00 AM Registration

  8:30 AM Reel Science presented by Foley United

  10:45 AM EZGO Fuel Injection and Lithium Technology
  

  12:00  Lunch

  1:00 PM Toro, Spartan Distributors - John Garlets and Tom Burke

  3:00 PM Hydraulics

  4:00 PM Adjourn

  Thursday, Jan. 24 
  

  Golf (Big Ten C)     
  

  8:00 AM          Understanding PGR Application Timings - Aaron Hathaway, MSU

  8:30 AM          50th Anniversary of the O.J. Noer Turf Collection at MSU - Pete Cookingham, MSU Libraries

  9:00 AM          USGA Regional Update - Bob Vavrek, USGA

  10:00 AM       Golf and the Law - Mike Hurdzan, Hurdzan Golf

  11:00 AM       Golf Course Research Update - Dr. Thom Nikolai

  12:00 PM       Lunch

  1:30 PM         Railside Golf Club Master Plan Renovation - Jeff Smith, Railside Golf Club

  2:00 PM         Speaker TBD

  2:30 PM         Restoration at Inverness Club - Ryan Kaczor, Inverness Club

  3:00 PM         Benefits of Forward Tees on Golf Courses - Chris Wilczynski, CW Golf Architecture

  3:30 PM         The First Green and GCSAA Programs Update - John Fulling, Kalamazoo CC    

  4:30 PM Adjourn                        

  Lawns, Grounds, and Athletic Fields Joint Session (Big Ten B)

   8:00 AM          Calibrating Sprayers and Spreaders on New Ride On Sprayers/Spreaders - Dr. Aaron Patton, Purdue University

  Lawns and Grounds (104 AB)
  

  10:00 AM       Don't Let This Happen to You - Dr. Ben Hamza, TruGreen  

  
  

  11:00 AM       Abiotic Plant Problems and Solutions - Dr. Bob Schutzki, MSU

  
  

  12:00 PM       Lunch

  
  

  1:30 PM         Lawncare success and failures - Dr. Thom Nikolai, MSU

  
  

  2:30 PM         Trees and Turf: Can't We All Just Get Along - Dr. Berg Cregg, MSU

  
  

  3:30 PM         Ornamental and Landscape Disease Diagnostics - Dr. Jan Byrne, MSU

  
  

  4:30 PM Adjourn

  
  

  Athletic Fields (103 AB)
  

  10:00 AM       Soil Drainage and the Sand Cap-Build Up System - Dr. Jim Crum, MSU

  
  

  11:00 AM       Field of the Year Presentation - MiSTMA

  
  

  12:00 PM       Lunch

  
  

  1:30 PM         Diagnosing Athletic Field Problems - Dr. Ben Hamza, TruGreen

  
  

  2:30 PM         Turf Nutrition and Fertilizer Programs for Athletic Fields - Dr. Kevin Frank, MSU

  
  

  3:30 PM         Robotic painting techniques for athletic fields - Josh Dukes, Turf Tank Intelligent Marking    

  
  

  4:30 PM Adjourn                             

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• 2020 Michigan Turfgrass Conference Halftime Show

  • When
    08 Jan 2020
  •  
    4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Location
    Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, East Lansing, MI
  • Registered
    6 registrants

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  2020 Michigan Turfgrass Conference Halftime Show

  EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION FORM & CONTRACT
  Michigan Turfgrass Conference - January 7-9, 2020
  Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, East Lansing, MI
  Exhibit Function:  January 8, 2020 / 4:00 - 6:30pm

  This is a registration contract to exhibit at the Michigan Turfgrass Conference Halftime Show, being held at the Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, Big Ten Rooms A, B, C.

  • A standard display booth 6' x 6' will be furnished with a 6' 25.5" table, skirting and 2 chairs.
    
  • Each initial booth space includes two (2) conference badges.
  • MTF offers its business partners various sponsorship opportunities for activities/ programs during the conference.  If interested in sponsorship, please indicate on registration form.
  • For exhibitor layout and available booths please click here.

  NOTE:  Full amount due upon completion of registration.
  

  • No booth refunds will be made after December 30, 2019.
  • A $100 fee will be charged if booth is cancelled after November 30, 2019.
  • Booth fee allows for up to two company representatives per booth.
  • Only one company per booth.

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