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Michigan Sod Growers Association
78 2
Waldo Road
Williamston, MI 48895
michigansod@hotmail.com
(517) 202-3593
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Why Michigan
Grown?
70 Years Growing..
Michigan is one of the first states to
start utilizing sod extensively, in fact, for over 70 years Michigan
growers have been producing sod superior to others. We are from a rich
diverse agricultural area that has many products to offer. Michigan
sod is noted throughout our nation as having an outstanding sod
product, we have obtained this statue by continually being educated
and striving for the best product available to the industry.
Doing
Your Part To keep It Here...
When you buy Michigan sod you are not
only buying a superior product, you are also keeping your dollars here
in the state to work for you. When you spend a dollar on sod, you
would hope to get a portion of that back down the road. If you work in
the golf course or tourism industry, more of that dollar will be kept
locally and has a higher chance of finding it's way back to you. Not
to mention a portion of the money spent will go to taxes to help to
pay for roads, schools, research for better grasses, and support from
our local extension offices to help us maintain better lawns,
landscapes and other services. If you choose to buy sod out-of-state,
it is much harder for any portion of that dollar to come back to you.
If you choose to buy sod out of the country, it is impossible for you
to realize any benefit back on the dollar you spend. Not only does it
leave the area, it also generates zero tax dollars for our local
infrastructure.
Things To
Keep In Mind When Buying Canadian Sod...
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Americans are paying the taxes for
Canadian trucks to utilize our roads and highways |
Even though foreign countries are using
our roads to transport their product, this generates a drain on our
local economy and eventually causes the local taxes to be raised to
support the local infrastructure.
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Free Trade?? |
We are supposed to have free trade with
Canada, however, many truckloads of sod come through this country, and
we have yet to see Michigan sod transported to Canada.
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Photosanitary Concerns... |
When utilized properly, this is a good
thing, however, it is being improperly used to keep our sod out of
Canada. Each attempt to transport sod into Canada has been diverted
for one reason or another. Double standard?
Michigan has
some of the best grown turf in the world and has the prier turf
program at Michigan State University, so when it comes time to
purchase your next load of sod, I would hope you would ask...
M.
Huggett
Huggett Sod Farms |
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