AD INDEX FOR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER TURF NEWS MAGAZINE Advanced Equipment Sales ……....…...…...…........….… 59, 141 AGChimp, LLC …………................................................. 3, 103 AQUA-AID Solutions …………............................................. 71 Brouwer Kesmac ……………................................................ 133 Cameron Financial ………………....…………...…….…….…… 141 Donkey Forklifts …..........................................….....….....……… 61 E-Cargo Tarps, Inc. ………......…….....….......…...…….…… 26-27 FireFly Automatix, Inc. ………....….......……….....……...…… 101 Jonathan Green, Inc. …....…...............…...................….......…… 37 KWMI ………….......................……..…...............……… 21, 141 Load Lifter Manufacturing ….................................….....……… 55 Magnum ..................................… Inside Front Cover, 112-113 Mountain View Seeds .............……....…...…… Inside Back Cover MVP Genetics .........................................................……… 137


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 1, 2024 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, 444 E. Roosevelt Rd., #346, Lombard, IL 60148 8. Complete Mailing Address of Headquarters or General Business Office of Publisher: Turfgrass Producers International, 444 E. Roosevelt Rd., # 346, Lombard, IL 60148 9. Full Names and Complete Mailing Addresses of Publisher, Editor, and Managing Editor: Publisher: Turfgrass Producers International, 444 E. Roosevelt Rd., # 346, Lombard, IL 60148; Editors: Steve & Suz Trusty, 444 E. Roosevelt Rd., #346, Lombard, IL 60148; Managing Editors: Steve & Suz Trusty, 444 E. Roosevelt Rd., # 346, Lombard, IL 60148. 10. Owner - Full name: Turfgrass Producers International (non- profit organization), 444 E. Roosevelt Rd., # 346, Lombard, IL 60148 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: Sep/Oct 2024 15. Extent and Nature of Circulation (Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months; No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing) Total Number of Copies (Net press run): 556; 594 b. Paid Circulation (By Mail and Outside the Mail) Periodical Postage Paid at Dundee, IL and at additional mailing offices.


Progressive Turf Equipment, Inc. ...........……..…...……...…… 87 R&R Products, Inc. ……………...........….…………..…...…… 129 Sabanto, Inc. ....…...........…............................…......…...…… 141 SIDEKICK USA LLC ..................................…......…...…… 141 Sod Solutions®


……...….....................................................…… 49


Southern Specialty Equipment, Inc. …….......…......…...…… 141 Summit Seed-Profile Products ………….....................…...…… 43 TAMANET (USA) …………..........…..……..…..………..……. 119 Te Lawn Institute ……............................……...........…….…… 141 Trebro Manufacturing, Inc. ………...................................…. 5 Trimax Mowing Systems ..................................................... 107 Turfgrass Producers International …….................…... 19, 125, 141 Unbreakable Ag & Turf LLC …….........................................… 11 Van Vuuren Machines ……........................... Outside Back Cover


i. Mailed Outside-County Paid Subscriptions Stated on PS Form 35441 (Include paid distribution above nominal rate, advertiser’s proof copies, and exchange copies): 405; 430 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®


): 78; 76


c. Total Paid Distribution (Sum of 15b (1), (2), (3), and (4)): 484; 506 d. Free or Nominal Rate Distribution (by Mailed and Outside the Mail): 0; 0 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): 79; 88 e. Total Free or Nominal Rate Distribution (Sum of 15d (1), (2), (3) and (4)): 79; 88 f. Total Distribution (Sum of 15c and 15e): 563; 564 g. Copies not Distributed (See Instructions to Publishers #4 (page #3)): 79; 88 h. Total (Sum of 15f and g): 642; 652 i. Percent Paid (15c divided by 15f times 100): 88%; 89% 16. Publication of Statement of Ownership - Will be printed in the 2024 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: Alexandrea Roed, Membership and Marketing Director, Turfgrass Producers International


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