Grass seed harvest continues to progress here in the Willamette Valley and thoughts will soon turn to residue management. 
- Smoke plume from open-field burning in Oregon’s Willamette Valley in the 1990s. (T.G. Chastain photo)
I’m reminded each year at this time of the challenges of grass seed crop residue management in the 1990s and the transition from a burning-based system to one that involves management of the straw and stubble by using non-thermal techniques. This topic was addressed in a 1998 Oregon’s Agricultural Progress article linked below:
