BRIAN PAIGE
UMass RECEIVES UpdateBEACON AWARD
BRIAN PAIGE
UMass RECEIVES UpdateBEACON AWARD
UMass Team Shines at NCLC education, fruits and vegetables production or turf management. Our educators build relationships with our constituents, identify needs and we determine how we can meet them, both through Extension education and funding applied research on campus.”
It’ s the funding angle that McLandsborough will be addressing as assistant vice chancellor for research and engagement.“ CAFE provides grant support to over 75 laboratories at UMass Amherst in the areas of agriculture, food and nutrition, and forestry,” she says.
UMass Turf Day: July 23, 2025
Mike Davidsohn, MCLP reports that the UMass National Collegiate Landscape Competition( NCLC) Team performed well at this year’ s event at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO. The UMass team was made up of students from Landscape Contracting, Arboriculture, Urban Forestry, Landscape Architecture, and Horticultural Science. The UMass Team placed 20th out of 54 Colleges and Universities with more than 725 students participating. MALP donated to help cover the UMass Team’ s NCLC expenses.“ Your generosity allowed our students to apply and test their knowledge and skills in a series of landscape design, build, operations, and identification events – showing how strong their education is against other students,” said Mike.“ Thank you for your support!”
New CAFE Directors Named
Lynne McLandsborough has been named director of the University of Massachusetts Amherst’ s Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment( CAFE) and will also serve as assistant vice chancellor for research and engagement. She brings to her new roles 30 years of experience at UMass Amherst, where she bridged the academic and applied sciences and gained deep expertise in working with the commonwealth’ s UMass Extension program, which reaches into every corner of agricultural life in Massachusetts.
“ Extension is essential for the commonwealth,” says McLandsborough.“ It’ s a mechanism to translate modern science-backed information to support our constituents in areas such as environmental conservation, nutrition
UMass Turf Research Field Day is presented every other year to highlight the wide range of research and Extension projects currently taking place at the UMass Joseph Troll Turf Research Center in South Deerfield, MA, as well as relevant work being conducted at other locations by UMass Turf Program faculty, staff, and graduate students.
The UMass Turf Program is gearing up to renew this long tradition in South Deerfield on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. Turf practitioners and their associates can meet and speak with UMass staff and view projects underway. The event includes a trade show, featuring exhibits from numerous industry representatives, and all registrants can enjoy networking, continental breakfast and a hearty, festive lunch.
Current work includes studies on the biology and integrated management of turf-damaging diseases and insects, short- and long-term weed management, environmental stress physiology, fertility, drought management, golf and sports surfaces, and soil health, as well as a range of National Turfgrass Evaluation Program fine turf trials.
Pesticide contact hours and professional certification credits will be offered. Complete info and registration will be forthcoming at http:// ag. umass. edu / turf
Turfgrass Research Golf Classic: September 22, 2025
The UMass Alumni Turf Group( ATG) will honor revered professor emeritus Dr. Scott Ebdon at the 19th annual Dr. Joseph Troll Turfgrass Research Golf Classic at the Worcester Country Club in Wocester, MA. The Alumni Turf Group is made up of turf professionals who are graduates of the Stockbridge School of Agriculture and the University of Massachusetts. The group’ s primary mission is to raise funds to enhance and further research at UMass. For more information Alumniturfgroup. com.
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