Tangent, Oregon, USA
July 13, 2015

Starting immediately Sod Solutions and Barenbrug USA will begin a partnership to sell sod quality seed to sod farms for Barenbrug distribution. Sod Solutions will sell both Barenbrug Regenerating Perennial Ryegrass (RPR) and Turf Type Kentucky Bluegrass (Turf Blue) sod quality seed.

RPR®, Lolium perenne ssp. stoloniferum, is a new subspecies of traditional perennial ryegrass created exclusively by Barenbrug’s innovative Turfgrass Research and Development Group to withstand heavy traffic and rapidly recover. In January 2015, RPR received a utility patent #8,927,804. RPR is durable, thrives under temperature extremes and, most exciting, regenerates turf horizontally with determinate stolons. This ability to expand laterally is what separates RPR from any other perennial ryegrass. The technology provides unmatched traffic tolerance and other highly desirable traits, including rapid initial establishment.
 
Barenbrug’s Turf Blue features a 3-4 variety blend of the very best Barenbrug Kentucky bluegrasses. Quick to germinate with fast establishment, these blends are ideal for use in all areas of Kentucky bluegrass adaptation. They are ideally suited for sod production, with excellent sod strength, reduced harvest waste, improved pallet appearance and handling at installation.

We are excited to announce this partnership and see what the future holds. Both Sod Solutions and Barenbrug USA will continue to work to market and promote sod sales on behalf of our distribution.

The Royal Barenbrug Group is the world’s leading developer of proprietary turf and forage grass varieties and legume species. The company has been in turfgrass plant breeding, seed production and marketing since 1904. Barenbrug USA is the largest subsidiary of the Barenbrug group, located in Tangent, Oregon.
 
Sod Solutions is an international turfgrass research, development and marketing company incorporated in the early ‘90s and headquartered near Charleston, S.C. The company has released over a dozen improved turfgrass varieties that require fewer inputs – less irrigation, less maintenance and fewer chemicals. For more information, visit www.sodsolutions.com.

Website: http://www.barenbrug.com

Published: July 14, 2015