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Industry Updates
The Organic Opportunity
BeeSafe Organic Lawn Care
Current market share for organic lawn care is still small, but the market opportunity is enormous—for contractors who figure out how to make it work.
NaturaLawn of America is a franchise system with roughly 66 licenses in 24 states. Collectively the company generates annual revenue in excess of $50 million. The company does use some pesticide control products, but its website states that its unique lawn programs have been able to reduce the use of insect and weed control pesticides by over 85%.
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Walking the Walk When it Comes to Safety
Raimondi Horticultural Group takes home national award for its commitment to safety training and education.
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Getting its Chops Back
Dixie Chopper
Dixie Chopper was almost out of business until Jacobsen swooped in to the rescue. Two years later, is Dixie Chopper back to being Dixie Chopper?
Many workers who left Dixie Chopper during the worst of times have now come back.
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Rotary Names Territory Manager in North Carolina
Rotary Corporation
Rotary Corporation has appointed Darrell Mullins territory sales manager for northeastern North Carolina.
Rotary's Darrell Mullins
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Dealer Offers New Perspective on Lawn Equipment
Titan Construction Supply
Titan Construction Supply in Reno, NV, has made the jump into lawn and landscaping equipment to further expand its customer base.
Fred Mathis outside of Titan Construction Supply.
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Landscaping Attachments Overview
Avant Tecno USA
Avant offers more than 100 attachments for its articulating wheel loaders.
The ATA 1200
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NALP Adds VP of Government Relations
National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP)
Paul Mendelsohn has joined the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP), will oversee expansion of the government relations program.
Paul Mendelsohn, NALP VP of Government Relations
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Eye on Regulations in 2016
Irrigation Association
Part 3: War on water and the managed landscape
John Farner is the government and public affairs director for the Irrigation Association. He is also treasurer and founding member of the Western Agriculture and Conservation Coalition, and was formerly a schedule C political appointee for the President George W. Bush administration.
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Eye on Regulations in 2016
Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI)
Part 2: Engines, fertilizer, pesticides and pollinators
The EPA is proposing stronger standards for people applying restricted-use pesticides (RUPs).
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Eye on Regulations in 2016
Part 1: Immigration, labor and product safety
Kubota RTV X1140 1 566743ecd3fc2
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Going Big on the South Shore
Ground Effects Landscaping has tripled its sales over the past six years, but owner Sean Bishop thinks it will have to double them again to remain viable in a changing industry.
Sean Bishop, owner of Ground Effects Landscaping in Marshfield, MA
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2016 Zero-Turn Mower Preview
Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI)
Nearly two-dozen new models of commercial zero-turn mowers are available this year, giving pros plenty of good options at a time when it's good to be in the lawnmowing business.
Kubota's all-new ZD1211
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