An environmental group says it will sue to try to force Idaho bluegrass-seed growers to stop burning their fields each year, a practice medical experts say jeopardizes human health. It's the latest ...

Every summer for more than 50 years, the burning of grass seed fields has sent black and gray plumes high into the Willamette Valley sky. But the practice may be about to flame out, just over two ...

How frustrating it is that the good citizens of Eugene (and some elsewhere) just don't seem to get it. Field burning is not something grass seed farmers do for fun. It is a well-established and ...

A new grass variety, 'Matchless,' offers seed growers higher yields without the harmful impacts of burning. It also provides consumers with the option of a more environmentally friendly grass. A new ...