Today's Presidential signing ceremony of the "Manufacturing Enhancement Act of 2010" is an important recognition of America's need to improve manufacturing jobs. While we applaud the bill, it is only one small step to leveling the playing field for equipment manufacturers that seek to export American-made products for the benefit of our nation’s economy.

Blount International Inc., which makes chains for chain saws, said Monday that its second-quarter net income more than doubled on a jump in sales, and it raised its expectations for revenue and operating income this year.

Several high-profile courses have had to close entirely because of stressed-out and dying greens, and the U.S. Golf Association last month issued a special "turf loss advisory" to courses in the Mid-Atlantic states.

SnowEx gave away two free SR-210 wireless spreaders at SIMA’s 2010 Snow and Ice Symposium, which was held from June 23 through June 26 in Providence, R.I.

Husqvarna Professional Products Inc., is voluntarily recalling 1,700 riding lawn tractors after the company received 53 reports of fuel line damage.

When Mike Halloran, president of Halloran Power Equipment of Palatine, Ill., saw the tar balls and debris washed ashore from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, he had an idea.

This year's dry, hot summer has been one of the worst both for lawns and for business, says Shawn Wear, owner of Shawn's Lawns in Beverly, Mass.

A veteran landscape contractor says Marin County herbicide rules are crazy, costly, promote weedy median strip eyesores and are not part of contract specifications.

Kasco Manufacturing of Shelbyville, Ind., is acquiring Herd Seeder Corp. of Logansport, Ind.

A new nationwide program - SnowCare for Troops - underwritten by THE BOSS Snowplow and coordinated by Project EverGreen will bring together snowplow professionals and volunteers to provide free snow removal services for military families with a spouse or family member serving in the armed forces.