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About the Host

John Kmitta is associate publisher and editorial brand director of SportsField Management magazine (official publication of the Sports Field Management Association). He has spent more than two decades covering the green industry, including the sports field management, landscape/lawn maintenance, horticulture, arboriculture, golf and outdoor power equipment markets. As a result, John brings his wide-ranging industry insight to the SportsField Management podcast.

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On this episode of the SportsField Management Podcast, we speak with Dr. Chase Straw – assistant professor of turfgrass management and physiology at Texas A&M University, and academic director for the SFMA Board of Directors – about his research, technology for turfgrass management, innovations and advancements, trends and more.

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