In the wake of Hurricane Irma, sod farmer Doug Carter saw firsthand a certain bermudagrass variety’s ability to survive and thrive. Following Hurricane Irma last summer, Doug Carter’s sod farm fields were covered with 36 inches of standing water. In a two-day period, Fort Pierce, Fla., had received nearly 16 inches of rain. “I pulled...Read More
Doug Carter drove up to his farm and couldn’t believe his eyes. His sod farm fields were covered with 36-inches of standing water. In a two-day period, Fort Pierce, Florida, received nearly 16 inches of rain. “I pulled in the gate and could not believe what I saw,” Carter said. “My farm was three feet...Read More
After 20 years of farming row crops spread over some 9,000 acres of fields in Sellers, South Carolina, Bentwood Farms enters the turf industry as a sod producer. Charlie Baucom, owner of Bentwood Farms, said he became a licensed producer of PremierPRO Hybrid Bermudagrass, licensed by Sod Production Services, and planted 200 acres of the...Read More
PremierPRO Bermuda survives in hypoxic, heavy clay native soils. Old American Golf Club was built using soil from a dredged lake. The heavy clay cracks when the course is dry. Out of bounds areas tell the story, see the photo below. But the golf course, planted with PremierPRO looks great and remains healthy...Read More
Sod Production Services, a division of Riverside Turf that provides sod production consultation as well as acting as the licensing agent for PremierPRO Bermudagrass, announces that PremierPRO has received a recommendation from Virginia Tech University. Dr Mike Goatley and team name PremierPro as a recommended variety in an annual report of 2016-2017 turfgrass recommendations produced...Read More
Sod Production Services, a division of Riverside Turf, was formed to fund research for and market new turfgrass varieties, license sod producers nationwide to grow proprietary grasses, and offer agronomic consulting services to the turfgrass industry. Al Hunter has joined Sod Production Services as director of business development. The first grass in the Sod Production...Read More
