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Turf & Ornamental Insect Update

Registration is open for Kansas Turf & Ornamentals Field Day at Rocky Ford Research Center in Manhattan on Thursday, August 7, 2025. This program is designed for all segments of the turf and ornamentals industry – lawn care, athletic fields, golf courses, landscape, nursery, and grounds maintenance. 

During the program, Dr. Raymond Cloyd will be giving an update on insect and mite pests of ornamentals and turfgrass. This will include new insecticides and miticides and the common insect and mite pests of 2025. There will be lots of “bug” samples for everyone to see! Be sure to bring your own “bug” samples if you have any. 

Kansas Turf and Ornamentals Field Day highlight with the schedule, time and date of the event.

You can find more information about each tour and how to register on the Turf Events page.

If you are interested in serving as a lunch sponsor or vendor for the event, contact Christy Dipman at 785-532-6173 or cdipman@ksu.edu.

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