As the business climate is ever-changing, we continue to forge strategic partnerships throughout the industry. As a collective group, we remain strong and committed to serving our customers with excellence.
Bethel will expand its sod footprint in the coming year. Expansions will be driven by the right opportunities that make sense with our business model. We will also continue to expand our portfolio of products and product lines. New products, such as NutriPod™
meet consumers with an
innovative, simple way of feeding their new plantings. As our current brands expand their reach to consumers across the U.S., we will add value with complimentary products and solutions.
Our outlook remains positive, and we are hopeful for a great year for all. We remain committed to serving our customers, our employees, our industry, and the communities we impact. We thank everyone for the support we receive.
BRETTYOUNG
Provided by Tomas Tiessen, Senior Product Manager – Forage and Turf
prospects, we expect Western Canadian production volumes to recover from the lows we experienced the past few seasons due to drought.
Te market has cooled from the past season, and commodity prices have come back from record highs. Input prices for fuel and fertilizer have also come off their highs, but the cost of production is a concern for seed growers. We expect prices to remain steady as sufficient seed supplies will keep the upside to a minimum, with high input costs limiting the downside.
COLUMBIA RIVER SEED
Provided by Ryan Jeffries, North American Sales Director, and Paul Hedgpeth, General Manager
Columbia River Seed’s Arc II, shown in this production field, is an improved Kentucky bluegrass the company describes as rugged and robust.
Catalyst perennial ryegrass from BrettYoung is shown in this production field near Sifton, Manitoba, Canada.
After several dry seasons that resulted in challenges for establishment and winter survival, turf seed production fields in most of Western Canada are off to a very good start this season. Spring was slow to arrive, but winter survival has been good. Initial moisture has been adequate in most regions setting up good yields for perennial ryegrass and tall fescue. Te Peace River region is the exception, where dry conditions last fall have continued through this spring, reducing new plantings and potential yields for red fescue this season.
Maintaining turf seed production acres has been challenging against high commodity prices, but overall acreage is similar to past seasons. With improved yield
TPI Turf News July/August 2023
Crop Report – In the Columbia River Basin, we started late out of the gate this spring with our grass crops, but the heat units have picked up and we have caught up in a short amount of time. We will have an average yield harvest at best due to the crop being pushed hard by mother nature for Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, tall fescue, and fine fescue. Our acres are down about 20 percent compared to the 2022 crop acres. Growers have been spraying and rouging fields. We should start to receive our first bluegrass fields into our plant sometime around June 15. A few days after that we will start to receive some hard fescue and sheep fescue fields. Tall fescue will start to get combined sometime in late June and perennial ryegrass will start to be combined around July Fourth. Grower costs have not dropped much from the historical highs of 2021 and early 2022. Labor, fuel, land, and input costs remain high. We are talking with growers about acre placement for planting this late summer/early fall for the 2024 crop harvest. Acres will be down as grass prices are dropping to the farmer.
Market Report – Seed movement this spring was average to below average from the production end as distributors work on moving high-priced inventory. Most
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