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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 20 > Burn ban casts a pall over grass seed growers’ future

Burn ban casts a pall over grass seed growers’ future

Already worried about the bottom line, farmers now facing more work, increased expenses

By Melissa Repko / The Bulletin
July 20, 2009

ALBANY — A waft of dust rises behind green John Deere combines as they churn in annual ryegrass, catch seeds and spit out straw.

George Miller’s head-to-toe denim is spotted with dirt. Miller, 54, a third-generation grass seed grower in Albany, gazes over his farm and a....

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