Quality And Integrity Pay Off With Crop That Never Dies
by Gary Martin (New Holland News )

John Ittel harvests only one half acre a day of his specialty crop - sod, but it's enough work to keep people busy through the growing season and some of them working all year long. His Green Prairie Sod Farm, in College Corner, Ohio, grows and sells a crop that never dies.

Seeded 18 months earlier, the sod is mechanically cut from the ground in 10 square feet, rug-like sections, each 2 feet by five feet. The rugs are rolled and delivered within hours to a site where they will become someone's permanent lawn, athletic field, or golf course.

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