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Annual Seed &Vegetative Stock Issue
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New Vari PiViety Preview 2024 Crop and Market Predictions
NTEP Cool- & Warm-Season Grasses Overview ... And Much More
IN THIS ISSUE
FEATURE ARTICLES FOCUS: Annual Seed & Vegetative Stock Updates
Cover: Oregon Seed Production Photo Coutesy of DLF USA
TURF NEWS Vol. 48 No. 4 July/August 2024
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Art Director Jane Tomlinson
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Director of Meetings Liz Lonsbrough
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Policy Consultant Jonathan Moore
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Editorial Advisors John Sorochan, PhD University of Tennessee (warm-season grasses)
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Aaron J. Patton, PhD Purdue University (cool-season grasses)
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TPI Turf News July/August 2024
10 Maryland Sod Producer Rises To The Challenge For Mysterious Late-Night Sod Delivery
Discover the background story of Maryland’s Key Bridge press conference.
14 Remembering Dr. Joseph Vargas A tribute to this Turfgrass Industry icon and honoring his legacy.
16 Dr. Henry W. Indyk Scholarship Opportunities Apply for a TLI Dr. Henry W. Indyk Scholarship before the deadline of October 31, 2024
18 Survey Says: Consumer Mindset Toward Green Space Is Positive Check out consumer opinions about natural grass lawns as reported in this survey.
20 New Seed & Vegetative Stock Variety Preview Introducing 25 new varieties from 13 different suppliers.
26 Turfgrass Seed And Vegetative Stock Sources Contact these 22 TPI supplier members for your seed and vegetative stock needs.
28 Turfgrass Seed & Vegetative Stock Listings Supplier companies provided their lists of available seed and vegetative stock varieties.
34 Crop and Market Predictions Suppliers give their input on the turfgrass seed and/or vegetative stock crop and market outlook.
46 Cool-Season & Warm-Season Grasses Overview Kevin Morris, executive director of NTEP, summarizes the data collected in the NTEP trials.
64Overcoming Fear and Resistance to Create Positive Change Learn how to combat the fear that creates resistance to positive change in your business.
66Rooted in Research— A Classification System for Turfgrass Biostimulants Dr. Mike Fidanza digs into this interesting topic in this issue.
72 Latest Update on the Proposed U.S. Sod Checkoff Review the latest developments as the industry awaits USDA’s announcement of the next step in the proposed U.S. Sod Checkoff initiative.
74 TPI-Itograss Brazil Diary TPI Board member Adam Russell chronicles his trip to Brazil representing the association at TPI member Itograss’ grand inauguracao (opening) of their research center.
DEPARTMENTS
President's TURF........................................... 2 Executive Director's TURF .......................... 4 TPI News.................................................... 6-7 Te Lawn Institute News .......................... 8-9 Happenings ............................................ 80-82 Turfgrass Industry News ..................... 84&86
Tree Month Temp & Precip Outlook ....88 Global Weather Anomaly Map ..........90 Weather Watch .................................. 92 Classified Ads ................................. 94-95 Advertisers Index ................................... 95 Turfgrass Industry Calendar ..................96
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Turf News July/August 2024
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Annual Seed & Vegetative Stock Issue
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