An aerial photo taken by a drone in 2015 shows grass harvest near the Polk-Yamhill county line. Grass seed acreage is on the rise in Oregon. SALEM — Strong markets are translating into more acres ...

Native grasses can be used in a landscape either as specimen plants or for a bluegrass lawn alternative or to create a native prairie landscape. While a native grass lawn or prairie landscape is not ...

It's the summer of discontent for Oregon's grass seed industry, once king of the Willamette Valley. The market remains poor and the list of successful, money-making alternative crops is short. On top ...

When it comes to starting a lawn, there are two ways you can begin: You can prep the ground and sow the seeds, or you can start with a blanket of already grown grass, known as sod, and maintain it so ...

Complaints to Oregon farm regulators about late grass seed payments have surged recently, though experts believe the number of unpaid growers is even greater. The underlying problem is an oversupply ...

CORVALLIS -- The bottom had fallen out by the time Clint Lindsey returned to the family grass-seed business south of town. The recession crimped the demand for seeding lawns, parks and golf courses.

THE objective of re-seeding is to replace old grasses and weeds with productive perennial ryegrass swards. Recent Moorepark research has shown old pasture to be on average 3t DM/ha lower in production ...

Native grasses can be used in a landscape either as specimen plants or for a bluegrass lawn alternative or to create a native prairie landscape. While a native grass lawn or prairie landscape is not ...