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OCTOBER 22, 2020
 
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NALP's annual meeting heads to Florida and Texas
 
During the 2020 virtual Landscapes event, the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) unveiled the dates and locations of its new annual meeting in 2022 and 2023.
 
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An (imaginary) GIE+EXPO to remember
 
Landscape Management's editors describe the booth visits they would’ve had with product manufacturers had GIE+EXPO happened in person this year.
 
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BrightView acquires Commercial Tree Care
 
The purchase of Commercial Tree Care in San Jose, Calif., follows BrightView Tree Co.’s sale to Devil Mountain Nursery. BrightView said this purchase will boost the company's strategic growth plan. Get the scoop here.
 
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Judith Guido shares how to make it in the green industry
 
Judith Guido, chairwoman and founder of Guido and Associates, shared life lessons as a woman in the green industry during a webinar for the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association’s Women’s Networking Group.
 
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Real Green Systems offers text capabilities
 
Real Green Systems has partnered with Indianapolis-based Captivated to offer text messaging capabilities through its customer relationship management solution, Service Assistant 5. Learn more about the new offering.
 
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Service Autopilot Summit to be virtual
 
Service Autopilot will replace its annual in-person conference with its 2020 Virtual Summit on Nov. 12-13. Find out what registration will include.
 
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Companies in the News
 
Updates from:

→ The Toro Co.

→ Davey Tree Expert Co.

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  INDUSTRY NEWS
 
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FMC launches the ‘More Time, More Control’ Early Order Program
 
FMC's new Early Order Program offers an extended time frame through Feb. 15, 2021, expanded product offerings, the new Rayora fungicide and the return of FMC's RebateLock feature.
 
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Z Turf joins Exmark, updates product line
 
Z Turf Equipment is now a part of the Exmark family. It also unveiled new equipment for 2021, including six spreader-sprayers, three aerators and one slicer-seeder. Check out the latest models.
 
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Anuvia expands lawn fertilizer line
 
Anuvia Plant Nutrients expanded its product line for its GreenTRX lawn care fertilizers, which are comprised of 100 percent nutrients with no filler and no uncoated urea.
 
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mowing+maintenance ↴    
 
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Toro unveils new mowers, attachments, software
 
Toro unveiled a new battery-powered mower and a zero-turn mower, additional Multi Force attachments and a software suite. Find out more about these products.
 
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LM's Seth Jones moderates Cub Cadet's virtual panel
 
Cub Cadet hosted a virtual event via YouTube Premiere, moderated by LM's Seth Jones. The panel covered current industry trends, challenges and solutions in light of COVID-19 and tips for both new and established businesses.
 
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Echo introduces wheeled trimmers and chipper/shredders
 
Echo's new wheeled trimmers boast five times more power than a handheld trimmer, and its new chipper/shredders can chip branches up to 3 inches in diameter. Get the scoop on the newest product offerings.
 
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design/build+installation ↴    
 
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Case to host webcast highlighting skid-steer, compact track loaders
 
Case Construction Equipment’s interactive online webcast will highlight advances in skid-steer and compact track loader technology, top attachments for landscapers and more. Learn how you can register for the event.
 
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irrigation+water management ↴    
 
Irrigation Association looks at post-COVID-19 world during webinar
 
The Irrigation Association’s 20/20 event will discuss the future of the irrigation industry and the role the association will play in that future.
 
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snow+ice management ↴    
 
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John Deere unveils single-motor snow blowers
 
John Deere’s new line is compatible with compact wheel loaders, compact track loaders and skid-steers and can throw snow up to 45 feet from the machine. Learn more about these features.
 
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  FROM OUR BLOG
 
Insights from LM's editors and landscape industry leaders
 
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Profit Power: 17 strategies to drive profit by year-end
 
Your performance in the final quarter of 2020 will have an oversized impact on how much net profit your company earns this year. Jeffrey Scott offers 17 ways to boost your Q4 profit in these next couple of months.
 
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  LM VIDEO
 
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The fastest way to raise your profit margins
 
Marketing is the fastest way to raise margins and profits in your landscape business, says Jeffrey Scott. Here, he lays out three marketing scenarios with varying degrees of success (and failure), including the one landscape company you want to emulate.
 
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  GREEN INDUSTRY EVENTS
 
 
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Weather wonders: A look at weather-based irrigation
 
Bob Grover, president at Pacific Landscape Management, shares how his company has incorporated weather-based irrigation controllers (also known as smart controllers) as a water-saving solution.
 
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How to choose the right spray equipment
 
Lawn care experts lay out what factors need to be considered when purchasing spray equipment.
 
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