Seed Photo Gallery  Click on an image to see a larger version of it. fieldbn.jpg Spotless Production of seed stocks is key to high quality seed. equipguy.jpg An elite group of growers produces to TMI's stringent standards. aer2.jpg Ideal conditions produce the worlds best seed. aerial.jpg An Aerial view of TMI's research station in northern Willamette Valley. bluegrass.jpg TMi's computerized tracking of production fields   bluegrass2.jpg Manhattan II perenial rye production field   bonsai.jpg Production rows 3 paced to control any encroachment of off-types   horizon.jpg Production field Kentucky Bluegrass, Eastern Oregon.   pencros.jpg Production field Penncross Bentgrass, one month before harvest.   penlink.jpg Production field Penncross, pollinating to ensure seed set. polyes.jpg Gone to seed! harvest.jpg Baling up the straw after harvest. fieldguy.jpg The Willamette Valley is home to several generations of turfgrass growers.   windrowers.jpg A team of windrowers begin the harvest process. bigreen3.jpg A John Deere combine threshes new seed out of the straw. collec1.jpg A combine empties its payload of seed into a waiting truck. harves1.jpg A gang of Windrowers marches at 3 mph. cutfie1.jpg Oregon's finest, cut down in its prime! cutfield.jpg After seed has been cut it lays in the field for two weeks for the moisture level to drop.   affinhvst.jpg Large production fields supply TMi with 24 million pounds of perenial rye each year wave.jpg John Deere combine threshing new seed. affprod.jpg Large trucks transport fresh seed to processing plants around the valley. aproneq.jpg Treatment of seed against disease is sometimes necessary.   bagroom2.jpg Clean seed is bagged and tagged here.   bagroom.jpg Seed is packed into bags in the warehouse.   invent1.jpg Seed is stored on pallets before loading into trucks and railcars.   rau97jpg A combine moves at little more than 3 miles an hour through a TMi prodution field. sprayrig.jpg Farmers spray out contaminants in production field. rfields.jpg Many warehouses condition seed to TMi's rigid quality standards.

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