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    <title>Midwest Regional Turf Foundation upcoming events</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:13:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 Turf &amp; Landscape Field Day (July 21, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 35px; font-family: Roboto; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; font-size: 30px; opacity: 1; visibility: visible; transition: opacity 0.24s ease-in-out; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#164A17" face="Verdana"&gt;Field Day will be held&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="font-size: 26px; font-family: inherit; font-variant: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit;"&gt;in person&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;at the William H. Daniel Turfgrass Research and Diagnostic Center on Tuesday, July 21st!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h4 align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#164A17" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;READY TO REGISTER!?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Roboto"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Roboto"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://cvent.me/W31KZk?RefId=web_attend" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle001"&gt;REGISTER ONLINE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Roboto"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://mrtf.org/resources/Documents/2026%20Field%20Day%20Attendee%20Registration%20Form.pdf" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle001"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;PRINTABLE FORM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h4 align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#164A17" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;WANT MORE INFO?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Roboto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Roboto"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mrtf.org/resources/Documents/Agenda%20v02.pdf" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle001"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;AGENDA PREVIEW&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Roboto"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://mrtf.org/resources/Documents/2026%20Field%20Day%20Sponsorship%20Info%20Sheet.pdf" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle001"&gt;SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Roboto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://mrtf.org/resources/Documents/2026%20Field%20Day%20Exhibitor%20Information%20Sheet%20v02.pdf" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle001"&gt;EXHIBITOR INFO&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mrtf.org/resources/Documents/Midwest%20Turf%20Giving%20Showcase.pdf" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle001"&gt;MIDWEST TURF GIVING SHOWCASE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 22px; font-family: Roboto; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); opacity: 1; visibility: visible; transition: opacity 0.24s ease-in-out; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The Purdue Turf and Landscape Field Day is an annual one-day event with the objective of providing professional turf and landscape managers with exposure and educational opportunities with the latest research and technical resources. Field Day features research tours, talks on current topics, and a tradeshow with over 40 exhibitors displaying equipment, turf, and landscape products.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;h3 style="font-family: Roboto; box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin-bottom: 15px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18px; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; opacity: 1; visibility: visible; transition: opacity 0.24s ease-in-out;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#164A17" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;*DON’T FORGET, THERE IS A FREE AWARDS RECEPTION THE EVENING BEFORE FIELD DAY. FOOD AND AN OPEN BAR WILL BE PROVIDED. MARK YOUR CALENDARS! NO RSVP NECESSARY.*&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

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  &lt;p style="margin-bottom:15px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;The cost to attend is as follows:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom:15px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Members are $60 each (cost drops to $40 for 4+ from the same group)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom:15px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Non-members are $90 each&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p style="font-family: Roboto; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;4 credits for cat. 2/3a/3b/RT&amp;nbsp; |&amp;nbsp; 3 credits for cat. 6&amp;nbsp; |&amp;nbsp; 1 credit for ca. 5 &amp;amp; 7A&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p style="font-family: Roboto; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Other credits that have been requested this year:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Roboto; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Arborist (ISA), GCSAA, IAH, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, LTAP, &amp;amp; NALP&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Roboto; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;See the registration desk regarding these options.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 Lawn Care Diagnostic Training (August 04, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://cvent.me/X21bPk?RefId=web" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle001"&gt;Online Registration - OPEN&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mrtf.org/resources/Documents/2026%20Lawncare%20Diagnostic%20Training%20Mailer.pdf" target="_blank" class="stylizedButton buttonStyle001"&gt;Printable Registration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Purdue Turfgrass Program created Diagnostic Training Events in 2011 to provide turf industry professionals the opportunity to learn in a hands-on, demonstration fashion. Participants will learn concepts through presentations in the classroom and in the field during demonstrations of various technologies/products. These demonstrations are set up exclusively for these events and are selected with input from industry professionals. You can expect education focused on lawns for lawn care technicians, relevant and up-to-date info for lawn care technicians, and hands-on, as well as demonstration-based, training. This is truly a unique opportunity and event!&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;CCHs REQUESTED from the OISC: Cat.3a(2), Cat.3b(7), Cat.6(3), Cat.RT(4)&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Objectives:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Provide education focused on lawns for lawn care technicians&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Provide relevant, up-to-date information to lawn care technicians.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Provide hands-on as well as demonstration-based training of topics&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Each participant will receive the latest edition of Turfgrass Weed Control for Professionals with a COLOR weed identification section. This guide will help you improve your weed control programs and save you money. Attendees will also receive profiles of common lawn diseases.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Cost to attend:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;$130 MRTF members / $190 Non-members&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://mrtf.org/event-6755667</link>
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