Syngenta Sends Web Sweepstakes Winner Cruising

All Mike Krouse had to do to win an exotic cruise vacation was visit an extension of Syngenta Professional Products’ Web site.

Krouse logged on to GreenCast – Syngenta’s online technology platform providing turfgrass managers and lawn care operators with access to innovative tools and services – and he came away with more than the industry advice he anticipated.

The owner of Lawn Solutions, Arnold, Mo., can now take a break from the green industry while enjoying his recent winnings from the GreenCast technology platform sweepstakes. As grand-prize winner, Krouse gets a 4-night Carribean or Mexican cruise for two to the Bahamas, Baja or the Southern Caribbean on either Royal Carribean Cruise Line or Norwegian Cruise Line.

“The GreenCast technology platform sweepstakes is our way of demonstrating our appreciation for those customers who take advantage of the invaluable information and features provided by the online service,” described Chuck Buffington, lawn care market manager, Syngenta Professional Products. “Our goal in offering this added-value resource is to help individuals better manage their businesses with innovative tools that are important to their industry and their job.”

GreenCast’s online services include soil temperature mapping, pest outlooks, scouting reports, weather patterns, 30-year disease maps and expert commentary and industry news. The projecting and mapping features are customized and can be tailored to the specific geography and needs of the registered user for targeted information.

“A lawn care operator needs to have access to reliable information on potential diseases and pests that may affect their region or the home and commercial lawns that they service,” Buffington said, noting GreenCast’s . “We simply want to help them make their business as efficient, profitable and successful as possible.”

The author is Assistant Editor-Internet of Lawn & Landscape magazine and can be reached at aanderson@lawnandlandscape.com.