Solar Eclipse Will Disrupt More Than The Sunlight
August 11, 2017 at 12:00 pm | Posted in General by Rhino GroupWhen we first mentioned how the upcoming Eclipse passing over Salem Oregon was going to impact our lives, we now find it is going to be even more disruptive than we could have imagined just a few short weeks ...
Signs Point To Strong Bluegrass Crops
January 20, 2017 at 1:42 pm | Posted in General by Rhino GroupKentucky Bluegrass is the most temperamental crop that we grow. Vernalization is extremely important, more essential than any other cool season species, as evidenced by the open winter in 2015 which led to a very ...
Seed Producers Consolidation Should Concern Us All
August 26, 2016 at 1:42 pm | Posted in General by Rhino GroupIn what is being called the “hyper-consolidation” of the seed industry, Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto moved forward this week. This follows the DuPont/Dow deal which was announced earlier this year and is ...
Seed Prices Likely To Remain Stable
July 27, 2016 at 9:36 am | Posted in General by Rhino GroupHarvest weather has returned, fields have dried out and the combines and windrowers are running most hours of the day to get the rest of the crops under cover. At this point we are halfway or a little better to the ...
Seed Estimates Overshoot Production For Tall Fescue Grass Seed
December 1, 2017 at 11:42 am | Posted in General by Rhino GroupAs 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 ...
Reports Question Synthetic Turf
August 19, 2016 at 7:55 pm | Posted in General by Rhino GroupThe cancer cases among athletes who have played on synthetic turf fields are being gathered in an ever lengthening list, reports Environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI), an organization of physicians and public ...
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