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NGCOA Canada partners with Echo
NGCOA Canada team has announced ECHO Power Equipment (Canada) has become an Official Golfmax Supplier. ECHO is a global brand and one of Canada’s leading manufacturers and distributors of professional-grade outdoor power equipment, including its three core brands: ECHO, Shindaiwa, and BearCat.

Brouwer Company celebrates 40th anniversary
Forty years ago, Gerry Brouwer revolutionized the way sod was harvested around the world. This year, the Brouwer Company celebrates its 40th anniversary. Brouwer’s vision changed the industry from cutting sod with a Ryan sod cutter and stacking it onto pallets or trucks by hand to a Brouwer sod harvester that cut sod, transferred it onto a conveyor, rolled it and put the rolls on a pallet—all in one operation.

CanWest Hort Show Sept. 18 in Vancouver
Western Canada's premier horticultural trade show, CanWest, will be held Sept. 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Vancouver Convention Centre, West.


Kubota continues to make a difference
Kubota Canada’s support of  Kids Help Phone continues to strengthen this important service. Since 2000, Kubota Canada has made an annual donation, based on achieving minimum annual unit sales target. This year's cheque for $ 10,000 pushed Kubota's overall total well over $ 100,000, and maintains Kubota within KHP’s “Courage Circle”  level of donors.

Sports turf management and maintenance course coming to Atlantic Canada
The Sports Turf Association is returning to Moncton, N.B. this fall to present a sports turf management and maintenance course Oct. 29 to Nov. 1 at the Moncton Coliseum.


Toro celebrates 50 years in underground irrigation
Fifty years ago, The Toro Company purchased a Riverside, Calif.-based company, called Moist O’Matic, which manufactured plastic irrigation products. That purchase proved a wise investment and gave Toro its start in the underground irrigation business. Today, Toro is one of the leading manufacturers of irrigation products around the world.