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Turf
Management as a Career
The thriving turf
management industry offers management opportunities ranging from
sod production to the establishment and maintenance of private and
public grounds. Turfgrass managers are supervisors for golf courses,
ski resorts, sports fields, and for park departments. Excellent
employment opportunities are available in the areas of lawn care
and landscape management. Other employment opportunities include
the management of industrial and institutional grounds, highway
reclamation, and erosion control. Graduates completing the turf
management concentration command some of the highest salaries in
professional agriculture. Studies in this concentration focus on
the production and maintenance of ornamental and functional turfgrass
areas. Turf-oriented courses are supplemented by classes in nursery
and landscape management, plant and soil sciences, business management,
irrigation design, and pest management (entomology, plant pathology,
weed science).
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