Dr. Unruh, Professor and Center Director at University of Florida at Jay, FL discusses his concerns in the turfgrass industry and why BMPs are important for successful turf

Industry Concerns:

• Labor/decreasing budgets
• Competition from other companies

• Innovative ways of doing things
• Enrollment into turf programs
• Online vs face-to-face programs
• Lack of Assistant Superintendents

BMPs

• Why are BMPs important?
• How do they vary from state to state
• How has establishing BMPs helped the superintendent or turfgrass manager
• How important do you think it is for each individual facility to have their own set of BMPs plan

Devin Clarke, Yara's Tree Nut Crop Manager, talks with the Almond Board of California's Spencer Cooper about Deficit Irrigation on Almonds

• How has this year's weather been a challenge for almond growers?

• What is strategic deficit irrigation; how and why should it be used?
• How can I know when to start irrigating?
• When can we reduce irrigation without affecting the crop?
• How to use ETo and ETc to schedule irrigation?
• How to determine tree stress using a pressure chamber?

• Where can a grower find baseline pressure readings?
• How can growers with limited irrigation flexibility manager water better?
• What impact does post-harvest irrigation have on next year's crop?
• The Almond Board's 2025 goals

Helpful resource links:

• http://thealmonddoctor.com/2012/08/05/irrigating-from-hull-split-to-harvest/
• almonds.com/irrigation
• http://thealmonddoctor.com/2018/06/15/irrigating-summer-considerations-deficit-irrigation/

OptimumTurf Crop Manager, Neil Mayberry, talks with Yara's Product Development Chemist, Laura Hathway, and Toby Goodroad, Market Development Director about the exciting new line of liquid fertilizers for Turf

2:15 Foliar applied fertilizers = precision nutrition

4:10 Yara's history growing Optimum Turf

6:10 New OptimumTurf liquid line of products

11:00 Yara's laboratory – designing, developing and manufacturing process

19:20 Differences / advantages of Yara's OptimumTurf liquids

Guests:

• Parker Ferran, Golf Course Superintendent at St. Andrews Golf Club in South, FL
• Cole McNally, T & O Sales Agronomist with Yara

Aerifcation

• The importance of aerification is on turf and how many times is it performed
• What methods
• Strategies for a Speedy recovery
• Other strategies superintendents utilize in South Florida
• What products and programs do you recommend?

Making micronutrient decisions are often confusing. How do you determine what micronutrients to apply, what rates, what applications method, or even to apply them at all? What things are there to consider beyond a soil test report? Listen to Yara's crop managers, Trey Cutts and Markus Braaten, dive into this complex topic and give growers a better framework to make these management decisions.

For more information: https://www.yara.us or https://www.yaracanada.ca