Ozark Turf Association donates to University of Missouri Turf Research Farm

The Ozark Turf Association board of directors would like to announce that they have donated $1,000 to the University of Missouri Turfgrass Research Center.

This donation was made possible by the OTA members, and partners who participated in the 2021 Scholarship and Research Outing. These members and partners played, sponsored teams, lunch, tee signs and/or prizes.

The OTA was able to raise money to sponsor both of their scholarship recipients, while also having the funds to donate $1,000 to the Turf Farm.

The funds will be used to help operate the Turf Farm where they conduct various research. Dr. Lee Miller and Dr. Xi Xiong lead the research teams. For more information about MU Turf, please visit their website at https://turf.missouri.edu/

Information gained in research is then shared with turf managers to improve our product for our customers. We recently benefited with Dr. Miller’s educational presentation at our June meeting.

Both Dr. Miller and Dr. Xiong, were grateful and appreciated the donated funds. Dr. Miller commented, “Thank you very much for your donation to support the operating expenses at the MU Turfgrass Research Center in Columbia, MO. It takes much manpower, parts and equipment to maintain our 13 acre facility (22 if you add the irrigation pond, which isn’t a no maintenance item). We appreciate this aid, particularly in these difficult times. No business or university in this country is doing well, and the cuts that we have incurred over the last five years (mostly from a decline in state funding and enrollment). The support of this industry has been and will be crucial to enabling us to continue serving the turf community, and we appreciate it very much.”