Bentgrass putting green and fairway data from 2023 is now online...quality, traffic, disease and much other data...check the links below
ntep.org/reports/bt20g/…
ntep.org/reports/bt20f/…

Released of our first data from our new perennial ryegrass trial ntep.org/reports/pr22/p… Also, will be uploading our 2023 data, trial by trial into our database, starting soon w/perennial rye. Will let folks know when that happens. Try our database at maps.umn.edu/ntep/

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Also, don't forget about the NTEP Turfgrass Trial Explorer and database to easily locate NTEP data that you need for your 2024 plantings
ntep.org/database.htm

Turf folks (including me), need one of these shirts from the Thursday Night Mowing League (see link below)

Folks, our first NTEP data from 2023 is now online - NOTE: it is preliminary and could be changed but will give an indication of performance and many locations and trials, including our first data from our latest perennial ryegrass trial
ntep.org/reports/prelim…

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Follow Safer Fields For All , they are working to provide info on natural turf to communities, schools boards, parent booster clubs and other groups that influence the synthetic turf vs natural turf debate and selection

For those breeders and companies that have tall fescue entries to evaluate in the 2024 Tall Fescue Test, please complete the form below:
forms.gle/wastUiuaMZkS1U… or the attached questionnaire.

This week is your last chance to comment on the potential natural grass promotion board, ie. 'checkoff' program that will promote the benefits of natural turf as well as fund research...deadline to comment is Fri., Dec. 15th
federalregister.gov/documents/2023…

Historically, analyses on turfgrass evaluation at NTEP have been focused on the average performance of cultivars and that at the rating months. Machine learning algorithms can help us infer cultivar performance throughout the whole year. Showing below is an illustration of such

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This is a huge and dangerous development.

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