Registration is open for our first UMN Turfgrass Field Day of 2025! The WinterTurf Field Day will be held Tuesday, April 15 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. If you are a golf course superintendent or a turfgrass manager interested in mitigating winter stress, this field day is for you!
Highlights include:
- Snow mold year in review
- Does late fall topdressing reduce winter damage?
- WinterTurf sensing update
- Impact of light on recovery from winter damage
- Dormant seeding strategies
- Ice encasement of annual bluegrass
- Is root shearing a problem on greens during spring thaw?
This year we will have special guest speakers Paul Koch (University of Wisconsin), Kevin Frank (Michigan State University) and Michelle DaCosta (University of Massachusetts)!
This event is free but registration is required for attendance. To register, please fill out this Google Form. Those that register will be emailed a reminder with instructions a few days prior to the field day. For questions, please contact Paige Boyle at [email protected]. We hope to see you there!
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.