AD INDEX FOR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER TURF NEWS MAGAZINE Advanced Equipment Sales …………..........................……...…... 29 Barenbrug USA ……………..........................……...…... Back Cover Brouwer Kesmac ………………….........................................… 10-11 Bucyrus Equipment Company, Inc. ……..… Inside Front Cover, 61 Cameron Financial ………………....…………...…….…….…… 101 Campey Imants …………..................………....………...………… 65 Columbia Seeds …....………...............……....…………………… 101 Compass Minerals …………...............……....…………………… 51 First Products, Inc. ………………....……………………………… 71 Harrell’s, LLC …………………………………………………..... 31 KWMI …………..............……....…………..........………… 25, 101 Landmark Turf & Seed ………………………….......…………… 37 Magnation Water Technologies ……………………………........ 22

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Albrecht Frhr. Knigge, Jr. Rasenland Pattensen, Krostitz, Rottorf Luederser Weg 35 Pattensen, D-30982 Germany 49 + 5101 915 351 knigge@rasenland.de

Leonard Deale True Blue Turf PO Box 271 Busselton, W. Australia 6280 Australia 61 +8 9754 8873 news@trueblueturf.com.au

United States Post Office STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, and CIRCULATION Required by 39 USC 3685

1. Publication Title: Turf News 2. Publication Number: 0899-417X 3. Filing Date: October 4, 2016 4. Issue Frequency: Bi-Monthly 5. Number of Issues Published Annually: 6 6. Annual Subscription Price: $125 7. Complete Mailing Address of Known Office of Publication: Turfgrass Producers International, 2 East Main Street, East Dundee, IL 60118-1215 8. Complete Mailing Address of Headquarters or General Business Office of Publisher: Turfgrass Producers International, 2 East Main Street, East Dundee, IL 60118-1215 9. Full Names and Complete Mailing Addresses of Publisher, Editor, and Managing Editor: Publisher: Turfgrass Producers International, 2 East Main Street, East Dundee, IL 60118-1215; Editors: Steve & Suz Trusty, 2 East Main Street, East Dundee, IL 60118-1215; Managing Editors: Steve & Suz Trusty, 2 East Main Street, East Dundee, IL 60118-1215 10. Owner - Full name: Turfgrass Producers International (non-profit organization), 2 East Main Street, East Dundee, IL 60118-1215 11. Known Bondholders, Mortgagees, and Other Security Holders Owning or Holding 1 Percent or More of Total Amount of Bonds, Mortgages, or Other Securities: None 12. Tax Status: Has Not Changed During Preceding 12 Months 13. Publication Title: Turf News 14. Issue Date for Circulation Data Below: September/October 2016

Jody Chavez Austin Farms Sodding, Inc. 1120 S.E. Century Drive Lees Summit, MO 64081 816-246-4489 jodychavez@sbcglobal.net

Pat Cox Legacy Turfgrass 1769 FM 536 Pleasanton, TX 78064 830-570-4600 info@legacyturfgrass.com

Lewis Cooper 256 McSwains Road Echuca West, Victoria 3564 Australia 61 +44 814 4177 lewis.m.cooper@hotmail.com

Floyd Wirthlin, Jr. American Sod Farms PO Box 300638 Escondido, CA 92030-0638 760-738-9112 jr@amsod.com

Northwest Tillers ….…….....................…..............................…… 94 Progressive Turf Equipment, Inc. ............…………………...…… 96 R&R Products ………………...................…………………...…… 23 Redexim North America …….................………….………...…… 77 TAMANET (USA) …………..............…..…………..……………. 3 Te Lawn Institute …………....................………………. 47, 85, 101 Te Turfgrass Group …………..………………………….….…. 5, 63 Trebro Manufacturing …………...............……………………. 68-69 TRILO/Vanmac BV …………...............………….......…………. 93 Turf Tick Products B.V. …..……………….....….. Inside Back Cover Turfgrass Information Center ………………….…………….…. 101 Turfgrass Producers International ………….....……..….. 76, 95, 101

15. Extent and Nature of Circulation (Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months; No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing) a. Total Number of Copies (Net press run): 1,187; 1,109 b. Paid Circulation (By Mail and Outside the Mail) i. Mailed Outside-County Paid Subscriptions Stated on PS Form 35441 (Include paid distribution above nominal rate, advertiser’s proof copies, and exchange copies): 794, 768 ii. Mailed In-County Paid Subscriptions Stated on PS Form 3541 (Include paid distribution above nominal rate, advertiser’s proof copies, and exchange copies): 0; 0 iii. Paid Distribution Outside the Mails including Sales Through Dealers and Carriers, Street Vendors, Counter Sales, and Other Paid Distribution Outside USPS®: 0; 0 iv. Paid Distribution by Other Classes of Mail Through the USPS (e.g. First Class Mail®): 237; 222 c. Total Paid Distribution (Sum of 15b (1), (2), (3), and (4)): 1,031; 990 d. Free or Nominal Rate Distribution (by Mailed and Outside the Mail) i. Free or Nominal Rate Outside County Copies included on PS Form 3541: 0; 0 ii. Free or Nominal Rate In-County Copies Included on PS Form 3541: 0; 0 iii. Free or Nominal Rate Copies Mailed at Other Classes Through the USPS (e.g. First-Class Mail): 0; 0 iv. Free or Nominal Rate Distribution Outside the Mail (Carriers or other means): 121; 121 e. Total Free or Nominal Rate Distribution (Sum of 15d (1), (2), (3) and (4)): 121; 121 f. Total Distribution (Sum of 15c and 15e): 1,152; 1,111 g. Copies not Distributed (See Instructions to Publishers #4 (page #3)): 11; 10 h. Total (Sum of 15f and g): 1,163; 1,121 i. Percent Paid (15c divided by 15f times 100): 90%; 90% 16. Publication of Statement of Ownership - Will be printed in the 2016 November/December issue of this publication. 17. I certify that all information furnished on this form is true and complete. Signature and title of Editor, Publisher, Business Manager or Owner: Geri Hannah, Membership/Office Manager; 10/4/2016

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