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Additional Information:CCH’s/PDU’s: Up to 4 cat. 3a/3b/RT, 3 cat. 6/7a, 2 cat. 2/5 CCHs

requested. Arborist, Ohio and GCSAA PDU’s have also been requested.

Registration: Early Bird registration deadline: July 3, 2019. Lunch will be provided for only those who preregister by July 3, 2019 (contact the MRTF office if you have any special dietary needs by phone at 765-494-8039 or email admin@mrtf.org). Purchase orders will be accepted.

4 WAYS TO REGISTER - online at: www.mrtf.org - scan & email this form to: admin@mrtf.org - fax this form to: 765-496-6335 - mail this form to: PO Box 2285, W. Lafayette, IN 47996

If for any reason you are unable to attend, all registration fees will be considered a donation to the MRTF, a 501c3 not-for-profit organization.

Lodging: At Holiday Inn City Centre 765-423-1000, for $119 (single/double) until June 8, 2019. Mention Group Code: Midwest Regional Turf Foundation to get the reduced rate. Address: 515 South St.; Lafayette, IN 47901

Cost: Early Bird Registration (includes lunch): MRTF or INLA Members $45.00 Non-Members $75.00 Onsite Registration (lunch not included): MRTF or INLA Members $65.00 Non-Members $95.00

Membership: Reduce your costs by becoming a member of the MRTF. By becoming a first time member before Field Day, your business will receive one free admittance! Call or email the MRTF office at 765-494-8039 or admin@mrtf.org for more information.

Exhibitors: Visit our event page at www.mrtf.org, email the MRTF office at admin@mrtf.org or call us as 765-494-8039 for more information about exhibiting.

Location: The Daniel Turf Center is located on the North edge of the Purdue Campus.

Address: 1340 Cherry Lane, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Directions to the Daniel Turfgrass Center:

From the North or South: Follow I-65 to exit 175, proceed west towards Lafayette on Schuyer Ave (IN-25 S). Next, turn right on W Sagamore Pkwy and proceed 2.8 miles. Travel over the Wabash River into West Lafayette and turn left onto Yeager Rd. Travel through the roundabout and take the second exit onto Northwest-ern Avenue and turn right 0.9 miles ahead on Cherry Lane. The Turf Center will be on your right 0.4 miles ahead past the golf course entrance.

From the West: Proceed west on SR-26 through downtown Lafayette and through Purdue’s campus in West Lafayette. Next turn right onto McCormick Rd. Travel 1.1 miles on McCormick Rd. and turn right at the 4-way stop onto Cherry Lane. The Turf Center will be on your left 0.4 miles ahead.

July 9, 2019 W. H. Daniel Turf Center

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Company ________________________________________________ Address __________________________________________________City __________________________ State ______ Zip ____________Phone ___________________________________________________Fax: _____________________________________________________

MRTF/INLA Member Attendee Name

1.** _______________________________________________ $45 E-mail ___________________________________________________**(First attendee free if your business is a first time member)

2. _________________________________________________ $45E-mail ___________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________ $45E-mail ___________________________________________________

Non-Member Attendee Name 1.__________________________________________________$75 E-mail ___________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________ $75E-mail ___________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________ $75E-mail ___________________________________________________

(Please copy form if more than 3 attendees)

Registration _____ x $45 each __________MRTF Matching Endowment Gift (gifts of all sizes appreciated) __________MRTF Business Membership $160/Company __________

Total Due $__________

Make checks payable to Midwest Regional Turf Foundation or

Pay by credit card online at: www.mrtf.org

July 9, 2019 W. H. Daniel Turf Center

1340 Cherry LaneWest Lafayette, Indiana

Return by July 3, 2019 (price after July 3-$65/members & $95/non-members) fax (765) 496-6335 email scan/attachment admin@mrtf.org mail P.O. Box 2285 West Lafayette, IN 47996-2285

Morning Schedule8:00 am Registration8:00 - 9:00 am Tradeshow & Equipment Demonstration9:00 - 9:20 am Opening Remarks and Recognition of the MRTF

Award of Achievement Winners - Mr. Greg Lovell, Aquatrols - Mr. Rick Haggard, Indiana Nursery & Landscape Assoc.

- Mr. Eric Hungate, Salsco9:30 - 11:30 am Morning Turf Research Tours

Purdue Turf & Landscape Field Day

Afternoon Schedule

12:00 - 1:00 Pork Chop Lunch by Shoup’s Catering

11:30 - 3:00 Trade Show & Equipment Demonstration

Lawn TourStop1: Optimizing Your Preemergence Applications for Crabgrass Control, Aaron Patton

Stop 2: Fixing Dead Spots: The No. 1 Reason Homeowners Fire Their Lawn Care Company, Ross Braun

Stop 3: Herbicide Resistance Alert! Mgmt Strategies for Herbicide Resistant Buckhorn Plantain, Quincy Law

Stop 4: Scouting for & Managing Billbugs in Warm- and Cool- Season Turfgrass, Marian Rodrigues Soto & Doug Richmond

Stop 5: Spring Lawn Turf Establishment: Mulches & Covers, Do They Really Help? Jada Powlen & Cale Bigelow

Stop 6: The Aftermath of an Accident, Fred Whitford

Stop 7: State Chemist, What Have We Seen in 2019?, Joe Becovitz

Sports TourStop1: Optimizing Your Preemergence Applications for Crabgrass Control, Aaron Patton

Stop 2: Painting Logos on Athletic Fields & Golf Courses, Brian Bornino

Stop 3: New Technology for Painting Lines & Athletic Fields, Josh Weigel

Stop 4: Scouting for & Managing Billbugs in Warm- and Cool- Season Turfgrass, Marian Rodrigues Soto & Doug Richmond

Stop 5: Spring Lawn Turf Establishment: Mulches & Covers, Do They Really Help? Jada Powlen & Cale Bigelow

Stop 6: The Aftermath of an Accident, Fred Whitford

Stop 7: State Chemist, What Have We Seen in 2019?, Joe Becovitz

1:00 - 3:00 pm Afternoon Golf Research TourStop 1. What’s new in Bentgrass Putting Green & Fairway Cultivars? Cale Bigelow

Stop 2. Evaluation of Fungicides for Dollar Spot Control, Trevor Stacy

Stop 3. Annual Bluegrass Herbicide Resistance Research Update, Wenwen Liu

Stop 4: False-Green Kyllinga: A New Weed Proglem for Golf Courses, Aaron Patton

Stop 5: Zoysiagrass for Roughs in Indiana? Low Maint. Options, Ross Braun

Stop 6. Performance of Low Input Grasses, Ross Braun

On-line registration is available with credit card at www.mrtf.org

4 cat. 3a/3b/RT, 3 cat. 6/7a, 2 cat. 2/5 CCHs requested

Landscape TourStop 1: Boxwood Blight: Coming to a Landscape Near You! Tom Cresswell

Stop 2: Is my tree safe? Lindsey Purcell

Stop 3: Keeping Your Pest Control From Becoming a Game of Whack a Mole, Cliff Sadof

Stop 4: Outsmarting Weeds by Timing Herbicide Applications to Germination Windows, Kyle Daniel

Stop 5: Native Shrubs for the Landscape, Rosie Lerner

Stop 6: The Aftermath of an Accident, Fred Whitford

Stop 7: State Chemist, What Have We Seen in 2019?, Joe Becovitz

1:00 - 3:00 pm Afternoon Workshop on Accidents & their Legal Ramifications, Fred Whitford & Brian Drummy

1:00 - 3:00 pm Afternoon Workshop on Using Drones to Assess Turf Stress, John Couture & Doug Richmond

1:00 - 3:00 pm A Walk-About Featuring Landscape Plants Diagnoses, Kyle Daniel, Lindsey Purcell, Cliff Sadof, & Rosie Lerner

1:00 - 3:00 pm Afternoon Sports Turf Workshop on Skinned Area Maintenance - Alexander Field, Brian Bornino, Ryder Haulk, Nick Lievense, & Steve Vonderheide

1:00 - 3:00 pm Afternoon Weed ID & Control Tour, Aaron Patton, Ross Braun, Quincy Law, & Wenwen Liu