New Holland will award an L170 skid-steer loader to the winning landscape contractor in its 2010 Landscaper’s Challenge.

Racine, Wis.-based New Holland last week announced that it is sponsoring the 2010 Landscaper’s Challenge, a nationwide contest to find the best design and build project of the year. The winning landscape contractor will receive a New Holland skid-steer loader at the 2010 GIE+EXPO show in October.

“New Holland has focused on the landscaping industry ever since we introduced our first skid-steer loader in 1972,” said Dave December, marketing manager for New Holland Construction. “This contest illustrates our deep commitment to the hard-working landscape contractors in the field every day.”

To participate in the contest, landscape contractors can register online at www.lawnandlandscape.com. Contestants are also required to provide a summary — 300 words or less — that describes a unique landscaping project and explains why this project represents their company’s best work in terms of challenges or difficult technical problems they overcame.

Six semi-finalists will be chosen throughout the year — one each month from April through September. The grand prize winner will be selected from the semi-finalists and announced during the first day of the GIE+EXPO show, held Oct. 28-31 in Louisville, Ky.

Each monthly winner will have their project highlighted in an issue of Lawn & Landscape magazine and receive $250 worth of New Holland merchandise.

The grand prize winner will receive a New Holland L170 skid-steer loader worth more than $32,000.

New Holland Construction manufactures and markets a full line of skid-steer loaders, compact track loaders, loader backhoes, tractor loaders, excavators, compact and full-sized wheel loaders, crawler dozers, motor graders and telehandlers.