Current Kentucky Bluegrass Shortages Part Of A Long-Developing Trend
November 17, 2017 at 2:00 pm | Posted in General by Curtis WilliamsEuropean settlers are generally thought to have brought Kentucky Bluegrass seed with them when they established their homesteads in central and northern Kentucky in the 17th and 18th centuries. Kentucky Bluegrass ...
Claviceps Purpurea Fungus Is A Devestating Production Disease
While it is not a concern in the Willamette Valley, one of the most devastating production diseases is a fungi known as ergot (Claviceps Purpurea). Plants (ryegrass and bluegrass) are infected with the ergot spores ...
August 21 Will Bring Eclipse, And Many Visitors, To Oregon
July 14, 2017 at 3:03 pm | Posted in General by Curtis WilliamsAs harvest 2017 continues unabated, we thought it would be a good time to talk about the most over-hyped event of this millennium, the solar eclipse. For less than 2 minutes on August 21, potentially 100’s of ...
Annual Ryegrass Taking A Foothold In Overseed Markets
October 6, 2017 at 1:18 pm | Posted in General by Curtis WilliamsIt’s been a long time coming, but the new generation of Turf Type Annual Ryegrass is good enough that they’re beginning to take a foothold in the overseeding markets and beyond. Originally conceived as a price point ...
Annual Ryegrass Strengthening With High Demand
September 16, 2016 at 3:33 pm | Posted in General by Curtis WilliamsIn what appears to be a classic case of supply and demand, Annual Ryegrass has strengthened over the last few weeks due to strong demand and poor availability. It seems as though growers don’t want to sell it until ...
Annual Ryegrass Seed Acres Will Decrease By 4%
Growers of Oregon annual ryegrass seed indicate that acres available for harvest in 2016 will decrease 4% from 2015 at 118,000 acres. The number of acres of harvest for perennial ryegrass available for harvest is ...
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