Tom Margetts, Innovative Agronomics Inc.

09/27/2019

09/10/2019

Excellent conversation about sportsfield management for a wide audience...

“20% of football injuries remain field-related.”

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With the 2019 NFL season upon us, Frank Rossi chats with Dr. Andy McNitt of Penn State about the current state of sports field system management including measurement of field characteristics -- firmness, surface stability, traction, etc. All important, as 20% of football injuries remain field-re...

08/26/2019

BOSTON — Concussion risk in high school football is greater for younger players and on practices on turf-based surfaces, according to a study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting.The epidemiological study examined high school football concussion data...

08/12/2019

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08/06/2019

Bird watching is one of my favourite activities, when I have, I mean... TAKE the time. Some very solid reasons in this article. Take the time...

No, it doesn’t mean you have to become a binoculars-toting, Latin name-spouting nerd.

08/04/2019

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‪Check out this guy if you feel the same https://stadiumsforants.com/miller-park ‬

08/04/2019

A very hot and dry July Although it wasn’t the hottest month ever (as has been reported for the global temperature), locally it was still...

07/29/2019

Trees talk and share resources right under our feet, using a fungal network nicknamed the Wood Wide Web. Some plants use the system to support their offsprin...

07/27/2019

These NFL head groundskeepers have a wealth of knowledge when it comes their natural grass fields.

Hear what they had to say about their experiences in the article below.

Tom Vaughn, Carolina Panthers
Tony Leonard, Philadelphia Eagles
Dan Follet, Baltimore Ravens
Andrew Levy, Arizona Cardinals
Allen Johnson, Green Bay Packers

https://sportsturfonline.com/2019/07/23/update-on-nfl-natural-grass-fields/10586/?oly_enc_id=6688E3254956E0Z

07/08/2018

Wearable concussion technology

Increased awareness about sports-related brain trauma has brought a wave of new wearable technology designed to make athletes safer.

07/08/2018

Do plants have brains?

Fascinating!

Neuroscientist Greg Gage takes sophisticated equipment used to study the brain out of graduate-level labs and brings them to middle- and high-school classrooms (and, sometimes, to the TED stage.) Prepare to be amazed as he hooks up the Mimosa pudica, a plant whose leaves close when touched, and the....