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    Turf Merchants Grass Seeds Chosen For DOT

    November 7, 2016 at 9:51 am | Posted in General by Rhino Group

    TMI has been working on improving the salt tolerance of its cool season grasses for more than 10 years. A sustainable grass of the future must possess extremely high levels of saline resistance due to the increased ...

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    Rain Continues To Soak The Willamette Valley

    October 21, 2016 at 1:32 pm | Posted in General by Rhino Group

    The mid-Willamette Valley received a whopping 5.36 inches of rain from Wednesday through Monday morning, and it hasn’t stopped yet this week.Oregon State University’s Hyslop Research Farm, which sits halfway between ...

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    Turf Type Tall Fescue Gaining In Popularity

    October 19, 2016 at 10:51 am | Posted in General by Rhino Group

    We continue to be astounded by the adaptation and consumption of Turf Type Tall Fescue. While it replaced Perennial Ryegrass as the number 1 grass seed crop in Oregon several years ago, it continues to replace ...

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    Green Grass Can Still Provide Water Savings

    October 12, 2016 at 11:03 am | Posted in General by Rhino Group

    Like so many things in life, the effort to “save water” by eliminating residential and commercial grass lawns has good intentions yet unintended consequences.A recent article by illustrates the frequent harsh ...

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    Turf Merchant Grass Seeds Recognized

    October 4, 2016 at 11:45 am | Posted in General, Press by Rhino Group

    With the newly released list by the Maryland-Virginia Turfgrass Variety Recommendation Work Group, we are proud to announce TMI’s newest generation of turf fescues were recognized in the report published by the ...

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    Turf Merchant Seeds Top Trial Quality Ratings

    September 23, 2016 at 1:56 pm | Posted in General by Rhino Group

    Because the recuperative potential for Bermudagrass diminishes when night temperatures become 55 degrees or lower, many golf courses utilize of ryegrass to maintain both playing conditions and aesthetics.In a recent ...

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  • 16 Jun 2017

    Labor A Major Issue For Grass Seed Growers

    Of all the vagaries that present themselves in getting a grass seed crop to market, labor has become the number one issue this year. Bigger than moisture or pollination, Labor seems to be a make or break factor this year, as grass seed growers are ...
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  • 09 Jun 2017

    Pollen Is Flying Over Grass Seed Production Fields

    After surviving one of the wettest winters on record, the next hurdle for the 2017 grass seed crop is pollination. All eyes are on the climatic conditions for the next 2 -3 weeks as the weather appears to be ideal for the free flow of pollinating ...
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  • 02 Jun 2017

    Grass Seed Producers Get Insight From Ergot Research

    Problems with ergot spores is not new in grass and grain production – with documented cases dating back to 897 A.D. in Europe’s Rhine Valley – but researchers are gaining new insights into the fungal disease to give turfgrass seed producers better ...
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