Once again it’s the time of year that STMA honors the top sports turf managers of Minor League Baseball for each league across the country. The profession as a whole takes an incredible amount of work, passion and attention to detail to achieve the desired result as we know. While there are plenty of great…
How to Prepare Your Ballfield Before and After a Rain Event
This weather has been anything but ideal and some days it feels like it may never dry up.
The minute the rain does let up though, there’s immediate pressure to get those fields in shape. This pressure from outside opinions, or even from yourself, can get you into a situation where you’re on the field too soon, resulting in more harm than good.
How To Properly Deal With Rain On Your Ballfield
How do we properly deal with these fluctuations in weather that spring brings to the table?
Best Practices for Moisture Management
Moisture management is an important aspect of maintaining a safe and playable infield. Read on to see our best practices for moisture management of DuraEdge infields.
Announcing Our New Line of Calcined Clay Conditioners
After months of designing, producing, and testing, we can finally announce our brand new calcined clay line, complete with four unique infield conditioners.
Putting Your Infield to Bed in the Fall for an Easy Wake-Up in the Spring
Fall is the perfect time of year to address all of your infield issues. Read on to find out why and what steps you should take to put your field to bed game ready.
RECAP-Year One of the DuraEdge Bass Fishing Experience
When Grant, Molly, and our marketing department met last fall, I had no idea what was about to come next. Fast forward three months later and we had acquired a new truck, a new boat, and were on our way to Fort Worth, TX for the 2018 STMA Conference.
If You “Re”Build It, They Will Come
WRITTEN BY: DARIN KAIN What happens when an iconic baseball field, like the one used in the movie Field of Dreams, is damaged due to vandalism? You help rebuild it of course. In the Sports Turf industry, if your neighbor needs help, you help. That’s exactly what happened on Monday April 16th 2018 when staff,…
Spring Maintenance: Don’t Just Do Something, Do the Right Thing
The extended winter we are having here at the beginning of 2018 has re-emphasized to me the importance of proper preparation of our infield skins.
DuraEdge Products, Inc. Announces the Hiring of Luke Yoder
DuraEdge Products continues to expand its presence in the Southeastern US with the addition of Luke Yoder as Senior VP of Business Development for the Southeast Region.
DuraEdge Announces Hiring of New Mid-Atlantic Sales Representative
DuraEdge Products, Inc. is happy to announce the addition of Patrick “Irish” Coakley as our Mid-Atlantic region sales representative. Coakley, a Certified Sports Field Manager, brings over twenty years of experience in the sports field industry. Most recently, Coakley was the Sports Turf Superintendent of Ripken Baseball at Ripken Stadium. Ripken Stadium is home to…
Moisture Management- A Day in the Life of an MiLB Groundskeeper
Written By: Wes Ganobcik Head Groundskeeper Columbus Clippers Huntington Park It is almost impossible to describe proper moisture management without going into great depth on the many considerations made regarding every aspect for infield mix management. This will be a description of how we approach the infield over a 24-48 hour period of time. Leading…
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