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By Rob Jenkins in Shows and seminars on 19th Aug 2010 8:00
The Globe Roadshow how has drawn to a close after a highly successful ten date Australia wide tour. The tour that started in Townsville on 2nd August lasted two weeks and travelled down our east coast all the way to Melbourne. It then headed west to finally finish in Perth on 13th August.
The innovative idea was well supported by the industry with 623 people attending the ten dates. Melbourne and Adelaide had the largest attendance. Globe didn't disappoint the attendees with great speakers, interesting topics and beautiful food in fantastic locations.
Guest speakers on the tour came from as far away as America. The speaker list included Paul Jackson (Barmac), Dr Henk Smith (Syngenta), Rich Christ (The Andersons), Jyri Kaapro (Bayer), Mica McMillan (Clemson University, US) and Peter Frewin.
As an added bonus for attending the educational roadshow, the AGCSA accreditation program members received three accreditation points for attending the day. The roadshow program was designed for the attendees to discover information that assisted in daily turf management practices and decision making.
The group of leading turf identities from overseas and Australia presented research and future product technologies.
Pitchcare Oceania attended the Melbourne date, over looking the state of the art Etihad Stadium. The morning was a great success with a huge attendance enjoying the morning's talks and Globe's hospitality.
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One of the highlights of the morning's talks was Rich Christ who touched on slow release fertilizers and the new state of the art Nutri DG range. This also included a run through of a Turf Nutrition Tool (TNT) which is an excel based program that helps design the most cost effective nutrition program possible. The program took into account a variety of climatic conditions and would be a very handy tool for any turf manager. It was a great example of how computers have helped us in our industry and this program would save you a fair bit of money in the long run.
Dr Henk Smith gave a great talk on 'new developments in diseases' this included understanding the different fungicide prevention and control methods and touched on when and why you should use different fungicides. Henk also emphasised the importance of varying the method of control (the chemical) with certain diseases and how having a program and planning ahead with the weather is of utmost importance to a turf manager.
Jyri Kaapro touched on results of his recent turf protection research. Jyri also discussed the exciting product Initiator. Many turf mangers deal with trees on a daily basis and they often go unchecked when being attacked by insects. Without trying to sound like I'm giving you a sales pitch, Initiator provides a highly targeted method to reduce insect damage in trees (and other plants) and requires very little water during application. Initiator comes in tablet form and is very easy to use, just digging a small hole around the root zone and adding the tablets is all that is required for application. Initiator treats a range of pest including African black beetle, Chrysomelid leaf beetle, Gum tree scale, Aphid, Mealybug, Azalea lace bug and many more. See attached brochure on Initiator
Paul Jackson kept the crowd entertained with his talk on Trace Element Management for Turfgrass. This featured a look at the use of trace elements in the Turfgrass system. Paul explained what elements do in the plant and what they need to stay healthy. Paul also mentioned just how far the industry has come with safer better chemicals. Paul also had a slide that showed us just where products like Glyphosate show up in toxicity and how far down the list it is compared to day to day products in use like salt and petrol.
All the speakers on the day did a fantastic job of keeping the crowd involved and the day ran along without a hitch. The army of Globe representatives in the room during lunch and morning tea was more than happy to field further questions after the talks.
Globe supplied a more than generous lunch and morning tea, also some great door prizes to the lucky few chosen from the crowd.
Pitchcare Oceania congratulates the Globe team on a well run roadshow and thanks them for their hospitality.
For more information on anything discussed during the Globe roadshow head to www.globeaustralia.com.au and contact Globe.
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