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Fast Facts
Tifway and Tifgreen, two vanities of Bermuda grass that were developed by UGA researchers, cover more golf courses, athletic fields and lawns than any other turf vanities in the world.
The turfgrass industry in Georgia has an impact of over $1 billion annually.
Georgia Agricultural Resources: Commodity Facts
Turfgrass
Not all Georgia agricultural products cover your table. Some cover the playing fields and golf courses of the world.
University of Georgia Experiment Station researchers pioneered the worldwide success of turf grasses. Tifway and Tifgreen, two Bermuda grass hybrids developed by researchers at the UGA Coastal Plain Experiment Station in Tifton, cover more golf courses, athletic fields and lawns than any other turf varieties in the world.
Today, a multidisciplinary team of experiment station scientists and extension service specialists support this burgeoning agricultural industry, which already has more than $1 billion impact on Georgia's economy annually.
More Information
- For research-based information from the UGA Turfgrass Team, see
www.georgiaturf.com - Planting Guide to Grasses and Legumes for Forage and Wildlife in Georgia
- The Basics of Turfgrass Fertilization
- Turfgrass Water Management
- Turfgrass information from the University of Georgia
- Tall Fescue Lawn Management - one of the most popular lawn grasses
- Georgia
Green Industry Association
1-888-Get-GGIA - Georgia
Golf Course Superintendents Association
912/477-2373; Wade Thomas, President