TurfNet Podcasts

In this 11th round of Wilber and McCormick Unscripted, Dave and Peter reflect on their last podcast with the folks from Firefly Automatix. Dave recounts his overall positive experience at the recent GCSAA CTS in San Diego, commenting that it was a generally happy crowd of attendees. They also touch on the rapid advancements in the industry displayed at the show, including new autonomous mowers, remote sensing, data crunching and drone technology. The conversation shifts to personal anecdotes,

In this episode of Rockbottum Radio, Willy and the gang attend mandatory Anger Management training. Then, in a special Storytime segment, Willy tells the rarely told tale of the time a golf course crew was forcibly recruited into fighting a wildfire threatening the course.

In this special Tag Team event, Peter and Dave check in with the brain trust at FireFly Automatix, manufacturers of the AMP L-100 autonomous fairway mower first seen at the Black Desert Championship PGA event in October. Steve Aposhian, co-founder and CTO, and Mark LeBlanc, lead designer of the AMP mower, provide some fascinating insight into the company history and design and development of the AMP mower.

It's been a few weeks since the last episode, but life has a habit of intervening and sometimes throwing a monkey wrench into the works. Peter and Dave offer some health updates and an introduction to Kobe, Peter's new dog recently rehomed from Georgia. Topics include Paul MacCormack's current Mindful Superintendent Leadership series and a new turfRad Advisory Guild that Dave has formed to help guide future development of the turfRad soil moisture management system.Dave talks about using ChatGPT

Frank speaks with Dr. Susana Milla-Lewis, Professor of Turfgrass Breeding & Genetics at North Carolina State University about her career progression from Peanuts and Tobacco to Turfgrass breeding. Dr. Milla-Lewis discusses how her study of these other crops has informed her process to produce improved turfgrass varieties through the “breeding pipeline”. She elaborates on the challenges that the Transition Zone will be facing as the climate continues to change and how breeders will collaborate