and landscapers throughout Florida. As growth in Florida has remained strong, sports turf has continued to be in high demand and BIMINI® Bermuda is in no exception. BIMINI Bermuda fields have continued to sell in advance and are currently presold through 2023. Te BIMINI network of growers continues to expand throughout the southeast to support future demand.
Ecommerce sales have continued to remain solid as consumers convert their shopping habits. Selling online is no longer an option, it’s a must. Retailers have focused their efforts on faster delivery, improved consumer content, and omnichannel experiences like buy online - pick up in store. Social selling is one of the biggest digital trends, with retailers focusing advertising dollars on popular social platforms.
As pandemic restrictions have eased, we have enjoyed getting back to traditional business practices and the resumption of industry events. Tradeshow traffic this year has been strong, welcoming new business relationships and increased visibility to new innovations in our businesses. Field days and industry related meetings have also resumed allowing for renewed collaboration.
Investments. Bethel continues to remain focused on the future with investments in Bethel Innovations. Collaborations continue with universities and breeders to develop better products for the consumer and for the planet. Our focus remains on sod cultivars like Zoysia, Bermuda, and St Augustine. As an example, our upcoming release Dorado™
COLUMBIA RIVER SEED
Provided by Ryan Jeffries, North American Sales Director, and Paul Hedgpeth, General Manager
Sword II, a new hard fescue cultivar from Columbia River Seed, combines darker color, better summer patch resistance, excellent seedling vigor, and superior turf performance.
Bluegrass – Irrigated acres in the Columbia River Basin are flat compared to the 2021 harvest. Today, we are late maybe by about five to seven days compared to normal. Yields are projected to be average to slightly above average. Dryland bluegrass production is also later than normal. Te crop looks good, but some stands went into winter looking a little rough. We are expecting average to slightly better than average yields in this region. It is projected that acres are down in the dryland area.
St Augustine is the first
commercially available variegated grass. We will also focus on diversification in our offerings with research in new varieties like Ornamental Peanut, growth in new sectors like Pet, and expansion into new categories like our new fertilizer item, NutriPod™
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As our company grows, our legacy continues. We are excited to announce the return of Jason Nugent to Bethel. Jason will rejoin the company as part of a long- term succession plan. Jason brings years of retail and selling experience as well as a passion for growth. We look forward to watching the impact he will make on our company and our industry. We will also continue to invest in our team, our systems, and our culture. In 2022, we will be undergoing a massive system change that will impact logistics, ecommerce, accounting, and more. As an organization, we will focus on providing quality, solution- based products to our customers and service they can depend on.
We look forward to seeing each of you as we continue to reconnect with our partners across the industry. Te future remains bright for us all!
TPI Turf News July/August 2022
Perennial Ryegrass – Te crop looks good in the Columbia River Basin and Willamette Valley. Both areas will be a little late. Te quality of the Valley fields is a little rough with Poa annua and other grassy weeds being a problem. Yields in both areas are projected to be average to above average. Northern Minnesota and Central Canada are just waking up from winter. Tere appears to be a very slight loss due to winter kill but nothing major.
Tall Fescue – Te crop looks good in the Columbia River Basin and Willamette Valley. A very small amount of fields will come out due to poor stands. Tis harvest will also be late compared to normal. In the Willamette Valley, yields are projected to be off slightly compared to normal due to some marginal and older fields.
Fine Fescue – Te crop looks good in the Columbia River Basin and Willamette Valley. Tis crop will also be a little later than normal. In the Willamette Valley, not many fields were allowed to be burned over the last two years due to high fire danger. Time will tell what that has done to this crop. Te Canadian creeping red fescue crop is just waking up in Alberta.
Looking forward – Mother Nature has a way of throwing us a curve ball between now and harvest for the above crops and growing regions. As commodity prices in other grain crops continue to strengthen and we continue to have low carryover grass seed inventories, this will put upward pressure on placing acres in all growing regions during the fall of 2022.
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