http://www.basfturftalk.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:52:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en BASF Superintendent roundtable at FarmLinks We had a diverse group out to FarmLinks in March - Superintendents from Montana, Washington (PNW), Central California, Palm Springs and Arizona. A new part of the educational program that turned out to be a real hit was Brian Thompson's Superintendent Roundtable Discussion. Brian facilitated a discussion ... http://www.basfturftalk.com/2010/04/07/words-from-the-west-coast-%e2%80%93new-issues-facing-superintendents-at-their-courses-shared-during-roundtable/ Great kick-off to this year’s two-day Golf Industry Show! Thank you to everyone who visited the BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals team today at GIS. It was great interacting with golf course superintendents who participated in our booth activities. This morning, Thomas Nikolai, Ph.D., generously donated his time and stopped by the ... http://www.basfturftalk.com/2010/02/10/thanks-to-everyone-who-visited-gis10_basf-booth-3039-today-tomorrow-ditka-more-thousandaire-rounds/ Three minutes is all it takes for your chance to win an iPod® Touch at BASF GIS Booth 3039 Visit our BASF Golf Industry Show booth 3039 on Feb. 10-11 to share how you use your cell phone. Three minutes after starting, respondents can enter to win an iPod® Touch! Full ... http://www.basfturftalk.com/2010/02/02/enter-to-win-an-ipod%c2%ae-touch-answer-a-three-minute-survey-about-your-mobile-phone-use-visit-gis10_basf-booth-3039/ The Golf Industry Show is in San Diego, which is almost my backyard. I love that town almost as much as my job with BASF—and one of the best parts about my job the support I get from BASF Technical Specialists. And you can benefit from them too, as they ... http://www.basfturftalk.com/2010/01/21/words-from-the-west-coast-visit-our-technical-specialists-todd-burkdoll-kathie-kalmowitz-kyle-miller-for-turf-pest-help-gis10_basf-booth-3039/ USGA talks about need for tournament sponsors at California State GCSA Conference I listened to a talk from the president of the United States Golf Association about organizing U.S. Opens and other USGA golf tournaments. A big concern for the USGA right now is sponsorships for the next U.S. Open at ... http://www.basfturftalk.com/2008/11/17/words-from-the-west-coast-4/ Why Support Branded Products? Earlier this week, I handled a complaint call from a Pest Control Operator saying that he was getting total failure with his weed control program. Since they were using Pendulum® AquaCap™ herbicide as part of the mix, I assumed that this would be a preemergent herbicide ... http://www.basfturftalk.com/2008/08/27/words-from-the-west-coast-3/ New course built on farmland may face weed pressure We are hosting an association meeting in September that includes a tour of our Dinuba Research Facility in the morning, and then an afternoon of golf at a recently completed Ridge Creek Golf Club. This new golf course was built on farmland. ... http://www.basfturftalk.com/2008/07/21/words-from-the-west-coast-2/ Spent Sunday through Wednesday at FarmLinks with Michael Kropp, some UAP DSRs and their superintendents. Even though we had some rough weather the last day, we had a very successful trip. On Wednesday afternoon at the airport, many in the group commented to Michael and I that even with high ... http://www.basfturftalk.com/2008/03/20/words-from-the-west-coast/