Anuvia adds to sales team
Anuvia Plant Nutrients recently added Chuck Barber to its turf sales team.
Barber will work with Anuvia's customer accounts and will be responsible for business development, strategic planning and relationship building to promote the company's slow-release plant nutrient products. He previously was president of global sales for Eco Agro Resources as well as national accounts sales manager for Koch Agronomic Services, developing new fertilizer business and managing existing accounts; and for Agrotain International as accounts sales manager in Eastern U.S. and Canada. He has also worked for Griffin Industries and The Scotts Co.
Aqua-Aid, UT partner on Poa Day
Aqua-Aid is partnering with the University of Tennessee Turfgrass Department on its annual #PoaDay Field Day LIVE event that showcases the UT turfgrass department's statewide research into annual bluegrass control programs for golf courses, sports fields and lawns.This year, #PoaDay is scheduled for March 28. The event will be streamed via Facebook LIVE through the Aqua-Aid Facebook page beginning at 9 a.m. Viewers will have the opportunity to comment and ask questions.
The event will be available for on-demand viewing via the Aqua-Aid Facebook page and Aqua-Aid website.
Topics this year will include pre- and post-emergent herbicide programs for annual bluegrass control in turfgrass, the different herbicidal modes of action used for annual bluegrass control and how to optimize programs to mitigate problems associated with herbicide resistance.
Atlantic Golf & Turf taps Silva for NE region
Atlantic Golf & Turf recently named David Silva as its new sales support manager. He brings extensive experience in distribution, logistics and product expertise to customers in the company's Northeast region.
Silva also will be responsible for bringing a new seed blending operation on line, expanding Atlantic's capability of providing custom seed mixes to the green industry throughout the Northeast.
Silva's previous experience includes being a location manager for Winfield Solutions as well as stints with Turflinks, Lesco and Lofts/Pennington throughout his 25-year career in the green industry.
He will be based at the company's headquarters in Turners Falls, Massachusetts.