Turfgrass Seed Variety Production Heading In Different Directions
November 30, 2018 at 12:19 pm | Posted in General by Curtis WilliamsThe first quarter results are in from the Oregon Ryegrass and Tall Fescue Commissions! The Oregon Seed Commission numbers reflect the movement of product from the grower to the dealer between July 1st and Sept. ...
Grass Seed Trials Provide A Tool For Turf Professionals
November 14, 2018 at 6:06 pm | Posted in General by Curtis WilliamsVirtually everyone who deals with turfgrass has heard of the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP), but the role they play, and the limitations of their trial data in the real world of maintaining golf ...
A Letter From A Major Transportation Carrier
June 15, 2018 at 12:11 pm | Posted in General by Curtis WilliamsThe following letter is from Mode Transportation, one of TMI’s major carriers, outlining changes and explaining many of the factors affecting transportation policies and pricing that impact seed ...
Seed Estimates Overshoot Production For Tall Fescue Grass Seed
December 1, 2017 at 11:42 am | Posted in General by Curtis WilliamsAs Tall Fescue became the Number 1 grass seed crop in the Pacific Northwest at more than 200 million pounds each year, more and more time has been spent each year trying to estimate the number of acres, the ...
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 ...
Despite A Rough Fall Season, There Is Good News Ahead
November 3, 2017 at 3:43 pm | Posted in General by Curtis WilliamsThe Fall shipping season will go down in the annals of the Seed Industry as one of the most troublesome we have ever encountered. We made it through the solar eclipse, price hikes, and truck shortages and reduced ...