All Star of Turf: Bill Kreuser, Ph.D.

The latest TurfNet All Star of Turf is Bill Kreuser, Ph.D., of TurfGrade LLC of Lincoln, Nebraska. Kreuser has a wide range of experience in the turf industry. He is a former golf course superintendent and professor at the University of Nebraska, and along with Doug Soldat, Ph.D., of the University of Wisconsin, is the founder of TurfGrade LLC. TurfGrade is a multi-platform entity that offers science-based information to turfgrass managers in golf, sports turf, lawn care and sod production. Those offerings include Greenkeeper App, which helps turf managers schedule spray programs; Greenkeeper CIS that creates sprayer maps to guide GPS sprayers; and Greenkeeper University that offers specialized education from many leading university researchers. In this episode of All Stars of Turf, Kreuser discusses his varied background, the evolution of TurfGrade and future plans for the platform.