Ep 47 Dr Jim Baird UC Riverside California

In this episode we sit down and speak to Dr Jim Baird from UC Riverside. Not many listeners would know Jim but he has a vast arrange of experience within the turf industry we talk about his time as a USGA Agronomist, as well as his research career. We discuss different turf varieties as Jim is an expert in developing different grasses as well as improving the use of them. He also has done a lot of work dealing with drought conditions and the issues that come with it. At the time of recording PoaCure had not been registered in California however Dr Baird was instrumental in the first trials for PoaCure in the US and developing PoaCure from an experimental product to a new standard in Poa control. In fact we have based a lot of our understanding for Australia on Dr Baird's work on PoaCure. Check out UC Riverside Turfgrass Science - https://turfgrass.ucr.edu   Check out our updated website www.campbellchemicals.com.au Our Broadleaf herbicides Methar Tri Kombi and Sportsground are back available gain Fairy Ring BMP Apollo     To apply for the ASTMA CPD points: • Log into the ASTMA website members section • Choose 'manage your CPD' under the membership tab • Go to submit activity  • Choose POD as activity code • Under activity name enter the unique code for this podcast as heard at the end of the episode