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Fairways Warehouse launches online

August 24, 2020/in News, Press Release/by Val Graham

Fairways Warehouse launches online: Fairways Warehouse is the used equipment division of Fairways GM. Fairways Warehouse retails high quality used ground care machinery so that you can buy with confidence. The new website – www.fairwayswarehouse.co.uk – lists machines across the following categories: golf mowers, sports mowers, commercial and slope mowers, tractors, utility vehicles, aeration, implements […]

“Bio-mowers” yield big haul for golf course

August 24, 2020/in Industry News, News, Press Release/by External Source

“Bio-mowers” yield big haul for golf course: A family of water buffalo greenskeepers are helping maintain interior of Laguna Golf Long Co and feed local community. Laguna Golf Lang Co’s family of famous water buffalo greenskeepers have helped the club reap a record rice harvest: the fruits of which are going towards feeding members of […]

Fairways Warehouse launches online

August 24, 2020/in News, Press Release/by Val Graham

“Bio-mowers” yield big haul for golf course

August 24, 2020/in Industry News, News, Press Release/by External Source

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Fairways Warehouse launches online

August 24, 2020/in News, Press Release/by Val Graham

Fairways Warehouse launches online: Fairways Warehouse is the used equipment division of Fairways GM. Fairways Warehouse retails high quality used ground care machinery so that you can buy with confidence.

The new website – www.fairwayswarehouse.co.uk – lists machines across the following categories: golf mowers, sports mowers, commercial and slope mowers, tractors, utility vehicles, aeration, implements and attachments, golf cars and more. The website offers intuitive navigation to help customers find exactly what they want. It gives a real sense of every machine with enhanced details and photographs, ensuring transparency and conveying the good condition that stands Fairways Warehouse equipment apart. Prior to listing, all machinery sold through Fairways Warehouse passes the Warehouse inspection.

Fairways Warehouse launches online

As a Fairways Warehouse customer, you can gain access to the same excellent standard of service and after-sales support which has earned Fairways GM its reputation. For over 15 years, Fairways GM has offered market leading ground care equipment, backed by an unrivalled service department and supply of high-quality parts. Those purchasing Fairways Warehouse machinery can choose optional service packages, for extra peace of mind, subject to geographical limits.

Since launching in mid-June, the Fairways Warehouse website has received very positive industry wide reaction with clients encouraged to look back often to see additions as stock changes frequently.

Follow Fairways Warehouse online at www.fairwayswarehouse.co.uk or on twitter @FairWarehouse, or on instagram @fairwarehouse or by telephone on 0800 028 1700

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“Bio-mowers” yield big haul for golf course

August 24, 2020/in Industry News, News, Press Release/by External Source

“Bio-mowers” yield big haul for golf course: A family of water buffalo greenskeepers are helping maintain interior of Laguna Golf Long Co and feed local community.

Laguna Golf Lang Co’s family of famous water buffalo greenskeepers have helped the club reap a record rice harvest: the fruits of which are going towards feeding members of the local community in Central Vietnam.

The bovine brood has been bolstered by the birth of Lulu, a new baby daughter, who joins fellow recent arrival Luna, eldest calf Bao and father and mother Tu Phat and Chi Chi in the workforce.

And the extra sets of hooves have dramatically boosted productivity with the club gathering 28 tons of rice from the 7 hectares of fields right in the middle of the Sir Nick Faldo Signature layout — a record harvest-time haul.

The buffalo “bio-mowers” have been vital in helping to maintain the elevated status of the layout, which winds its way through tropical jungle, ocean sand dunes and ancient rice paddies.

They help to manage the 7 hectares of rice fields located right in the middle of the course by eating excess weeds, crops while tilling the soil in the area that would otherwise require machinery and additional manpower to maintain.

The rice-fields, though, are not just for show. Harvested twice a year, they have previously yielded up to 20 tons of rice that are used to support the organic farm at Laguna Lang Co and donated to families and seniors in the area who are in need of extra support.

This winter’s record haul, however, surpassed previous harvests by some way. Additionally, the bumper crop could not have come at a timely juncture, with Vietnam’s economy taking a hit on tourism as the international borders remain closed to combat the spread of the global pandemic.

“The communities that have limited economic means have been hit the hardest by the economic downturn that has resulted from the global pandemic,” said Adam Calver, Director of Golf at Laguna Lang Co. “The fact that we are able to donate even more rice to locals who need it most this year was a really positive outcome for our edible golf course.”

The utilization of water buffalo as greenkeepers is part of a wider push by Laguna Golf Lang Co to be the most sustainable course in Vietnam. It has completely eradicated the use of single-use plastics in almost all aspects of its operations, scrapping items made of plastic such as on course garbage bags, locker room accessories, plastic cups and straws and replacing them with ones made from materials such as bamboo, paper, steel or natural grass.

Laguna Lang Co Resort has just finalized the installation of its own water bottling plant to allow the resort to completely eliminate plastic water bottles and utilize reusable glass bottles.

The club is also one of only three golf courses in the world to achieve EarthCheck Gold certification, a status it earned at the end of 2019.

“Continually mowing the fields to maintain vast rice terraces can consume a large amount of labour and fuel,” Calver added. “The water buffalo act as bio-mowers and help us protect the natural feel of the landscape; they give a true sense of place.

“Since we introduced the buffalo we have seen a number of birds such as egrets, moving in as they feast on the insects as the buffalo till the soil. We are currently building a new home for our family of ducks which will be used next year as part of our ‘Integrated Rice-Duck Farming Program’.”

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Fairways Warehouse launches online

“Bio-mowers” yield big haul for golf course

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“Bio-mowers” yield big haul for golf course

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Fairways Warehouse launches online

Fairways Warehouse launches online: Fairways Warehouse is the used equipment division of Fairways GM. Fairways Warehouse retails high quality used ground care machinery so that you can buy with confidence.

“Bio-mowers” yield big haul for golf course

“Bio-mowers” yield big haul for golf course: A family of water buffalo greenskeepers are helping maintain interior of Laguna Golf Long Co and feed local community.

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