We know it's hard to think about grass seed with the way this winter is going, but spring will be here before we know it, so we wanted to update you on the turf seed market and how it will affect you. Grass seed prices started to strengthen last spring and continued to slowly rise as the year went on. This was partly due to demand, as new home construction picked up. The bigger reason, however, is that there are simply less acres of grass seed being planted out west. With other crops like corn and wheat fetching a good price, farmers are simply unwilling to grow grass seed unless they are paid more, and even then some growers are still backing away. The result is that grass seed production has dropped to a near 10-year low even though most growers are being compensated more. Read More