By Paige Boyle
This article was originally published on the WinterTurf project blog.
Thank you to all who came out to our 2025 WinterTurf Field Day at the University of Minnesota on April 15! Several WinterTurf researchers from around the country talked about aspects of our project (Figure 1). If you weren’t able to make it, or are looking for more information on some of the research topics we discussed, review the agenda, with links to additional information, below.

2025 WinterTurf Field Day topics
Upper Midwest snow mold year in review
Does late fall topdressing reduce winter damage?
Impact of light on recovery from winter damage
Ice encasement of annual bluegrass
This project is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Specialty Crop Research Initiative under award number 2021-51181-35861. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy.