Mike Goatley
@VAturf
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@VAturf keeps all Virginia turfgrass industry professionals apprised of current trends, events, and topics in turfgrass management.
Virginia Tech
Joined March 2009
RT @TheVTF: Registration is open and the Monday night Hokie Turf Summit is FREE to all! Join @VTTurfgrass for two d….
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There's going to be some awesome updates on new chemistries and disease control at the 2025 @VTTurfgrass Research Field Day in Blacksburg on Aug 26. Look at these 'great' Pythium and Brown Patch plots! Come visit w/ us!.@VirginiaGCSA @VirginiaSFMA @VaTurfCouncil @TheVTF #vaturf
🌱 Ready for turf innovation & fun? Join us Aug 25–26 in Blacksburg for VT Turfgrass Field Day & Turf Olympics! Register, sponsor, or be a vendor today 👉 #Turfgrass #VTFieldDay #TurfOlympics #VATurf.
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There are several new graduate students doing more amazing research in 2025. Come meet them & the rest of the @VTTurfgrass team on Tuesday Aug 26 at the Turfgrass Research Center to see research first-hand that has both immediate & long-term implications for our industry. #vaturf.
#ThrowbackFieldDay 4 Years Ago… @VTTurfPath and @HutchensWendell gave @TheVTF board a tour of the Ag Tech Innovation Cntr and @VTTurfgrass Field Day. 2025 Registration:
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RT @charliefultz40: Tee transition began two years ago, from bent grass to seeded Bermuda grass (combo of Yukon, Monaco and Pyramid II). Wo….
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RT @VTTurfTeaching: THANK YOU to all the @4H members who participated in our annual ‘STEM in Sports Field Management’ workshop at the @Virg….
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RT @WillColeRSTurf: Heat index of 105 today. Different temps throughout the field. All pictures are fun sun. #1: Watered DuraEdge.#2: Warn….
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Appreciative of great help from across all spectrums of @VTTurfgrass Team & VT Weed Science team students for installation of TWCA rainout shelter plastic on a surprisingly windless day in Blacksburg. (If Arkansas had @VTTurfTeaching on mound this year they'd be national champs.)
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RT @TheVTF: 🌱 Registration & Sponsorships NOW OPEN! 🌱. Join us for the 2025 @VTTurfgrass Field Day & Inaugural Turf Olympics—two days of in….
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RT @VT_groundscrew: Emerson and Dakota talking to the @VirginiaFFA summer convention students.
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.@VT_groundscrew's Emerson Pulliam and @VTTurfTeaching tell our visiting @VirginiaFFA State Convention students about the maintenance (& this year, the Metallica recovery protocol) of Worsham Field. #vaturf
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Great to have @RockHavenTurf at the @VTTurfgrass Research Center today helping us prep some new planting sites. #vaturf
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Great article on new @VTTurfgrass grad Rob Starr taking his career to the next level.
news.vt.edu
Trading dress blues for golf greens, Starr discovered a new course through Virginia Tech’s Agricultural Technology Program.
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A new @VACoopExt publication "Selecting Pesticides for Sports Fields" now posted. Pub supports upcoming 4th ed. of Sports Fields: Design, Construction & Maintenance. Thanks to @VTTurfweeds @vtturfpath @lejodelpozo @HutchensWendell & Jeff Derr for help!.
pubs.ext.vt.edu
This publication provides a comprehensive listing and a summary of the strengths and weaknesses of the pesticides labeled for pest management in cool-season and warm-season turfgrass sports fields.
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RT @GCImagazine: Elisabeth Kitchin and her Virginia Tech colleagues have been walking fairways after dark to research sprayer precision. Wh….
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