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At World Cup in Brazil, USDA Grasses Score Big

July 08, 2014 Dennis O'Brien, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

Here’s something to kick around: About half of the soccer matches at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil have been played on turfgrass bred jointly by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of Georgia. Turfgrass is a billion-dollar industry, creating jobs at nurseries, sod farms...

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