Turfgrass Council of North Carolina | September/October 2025
This issue features insights from the 2025 North Carolina Sod Producers' Report as well as member spotlight on Gary Michels and more !
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Rain or shine, the Turfgrass Council of North Carolina was proud to be on site at this year’s Lake Wheeler Turfgrass Field Day, continuing our long-standing commitment to supporting the groundbreaking work being done at NC State.
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After retiring from the nuclear industry, Gary Michels was looking for a new challenge. With a lifelong love of the outdoors and a desire to return to business ownership, he launched Lawns Inc., where he now enters his second year...
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Based on the 2025 Sod Producers’ Report for North Carolina by Grady L. Miller, PhD |
This spring, North Carolina State University released its tenth annual Sod Producers’ Report, offering a decade-deep perspective on the supply, pricing, and operational outlook of North Carolina’s sod industry. With responses collected from nearly half of the state’s sod farms,...
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By Alpha Jones |
In the green industry, leadership is rarely about a title. It’s about how you show up for the work and the people you work with. If our first Stolons of Leadership article on Work Ethic showed us how leading by...
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By J. Scott McElroy Professor, Turfgrass Management and Weed Science, Auburn University | and James D. McCurdy Professor and Extension Specialist, Turfgrass Management, Mississippi State University
Given the current climate surrounding federal funding discussions, we want to provide detailed information about research outcomes from the ResistPoa project. Our goal is transparency about what taxpayer dollars accomplished when this project received funding. For information regarding this project,...
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