Magazine - Consultancy (Page 5)

Oh Rats!
23 Feb 2010 - Consultancy - Andy Bedoes - Issue 28 - Dec / Jan 2010 - 2 comments
Excluding the ones you work with or are married to, experts reckon that, when you are outside, you are never more than eight feet from a rat! But, how do you control these bringers of disease?

Tank Mixing
20 Feb 2010 - Consultancy - Frank Fielding - Issue 28 - Dec / Jan 2010
Tank mixing can provide savings in time and cost, but what do some of the leading experts in the industry recommend?

Generic or Branded?
16 Feb 2010 - Consultancy - Jerry Spencer - Issue 28 - Dec / Jan 2010
Regardless of what company makes the herbicide, the core issue is whether generic herbicides are as good as brand-name ones. Jerry Spencer of ETP Turf asks, which is best.

Handling Conflict II
13 Feb 2010 - Consultancy - Frank Newberry - Issue 28 - Dec / Jan 2010 - 2 comments
In Part 1 of this series Performance Consultant and Conference Speaker, Frank Newberry, explored how the uncomfortable experience of conflict in the workplace can bring positive outcomes.

Pesticide Roundup
8 Feb 2010 - Consultancy - Manda Sansom - Issue 28 - Dec / Jan 2010 - 2 comments
With the advent of new EU regulations, there have been rumours and speculation about the future of many pesticides. In this article, the effect on Roundup® (active ingredient glyphosate) is considered in more detail, and ways explored to ensure the UK can retain this hugely important herbicide in the amenity sector for many years to come

Question Mark II
8 Jan 2010 - Consultancy - Mark Hunt - Issue 28 - Dec / Jan 2010
Mark Hunt, Technical Director for Headland Amenity, answers some more topical common questions

You give me Fever!
5 Jan 2010 - Consultancy - Dr Kate Entwistle - Issue 28 - Dec / Jan 2010
Larvae of the Bibionidae - the St Mark’s Fly and the Fever Fly - cause damage to turf by feeding on the roots and reducing water and nutrient uptake. Dr Kate Entwistle offers some timely advice

Big Thaw reveals Fusarium infection
28 Dec 2009 - Consultancy - Mark Sanderson
Fusarium Patch will have been developing on turf surfaces, insulated under the blanket of snow. As the big thaw goes on, disease can quickly breakout on wet leaves. An application of contact fungicide Daconil Weather Stik now will help prevent damage occurring.

Learning and training - where did it all begin?
19 Dec 2009 - Consultancy - Richard Murray - Issue 27 - Oct / Nov 2009 - 1 comment
Along the way, if you are lucky, there will be people who want to train you or help you learn, because that’s what they are good at. All you have to do is want them to do that for all the right reasons.

Irrigation Auditing
6 Dec 2009 - Consultancy - Keith McAuliffe, NZSTI - Issue 27 - Oct / Nov 2009
Keith McAuliffe looks at the importance of understanding the efficiency of your irrigation system, regardless of what type of facility you manage

Handling conflict
30 Nov 2009 - Consultancy - Frank Newberry - Issue 27 - Oct / Nov 2009
In these difficult times of increased workloads and higher anxiety levels, conflict in the workplace can so easily arise. Consultant and Conference Speaker, Frank Newberry, argues that conflict at work is not necessarily a bad thing.

Damp Thinking!
22 Nov 2009 - Consultancy - Paul Cawood - Issue 27 - Oct / Nov 2009 - 4 comments
Would the manufacturers of the products we use take note. Could they please apply some of their considerable expertise, resources and innovative prowess to solving real problems that won’t go away rather than giving us yet another turf fungicide?

Worminology
17 Nov 2009 - Consultancy - Kath Bentley STRI - Issue 27 - Oct / Nov 2009 - 1 comment
Kath Bentley, STRI Turfgrass Agronomist for the North, revisits the humble earthworm. Their casts, are a long suffered problem of greenkeepers and groundsmen alike. In particular, these casts are very undesirable in fine turf situations

Keeping your job
5 Nov 2009 - Consultancy - Frank Newberry - Issue 26 - Aug / Sep 2009 - 1 comment
It has never been easier to lose your job and, surely, there is nothing you can do to dodge the redundancy bullet if it has your name on it? Frank Newberry offers some timely advice to those faced with losing their job.

Bug Trek: Soil - the final frontier
5 Oct 2009 - Consultancy - Kevin Munt - Issue 26 - Aug / Sep 2009
There is, undoubtedly, a growing interest in this country in ‘growing your own’, and it is spreading to golf clubs. I am not talking about vegetables though. No, I am talking about beneficial micro-organisms, the life in the soil that provides life on this planet.