Quality Conifer Seedlings for the Northwest
The IFA® nursery system provides foresters with a full service conifer seedling system that offers; risk diversity, custom growing and browse protection
for their reforestation seedling contracts. Each of our management personnel have over 20 years of seedling growing experience. IFA Nurseries, Inc.
has grown in excess of 1.5 billion seedlings since its origination in 1941. Our company has succeeded admirably in holding true to the vision of
providing seedlings for reforestation to perpetuate our renewable resource. It is our privilege to be a part of an industry that plants more trees than it
harvests to ensure a steady supply of wood products for future generations. We supply culturally superior conifer seedlings to customers throughout
the Northwest and British Columbia at competitive prices. The primary seedling species IFA® produces include: Douglas fir, western hemlock, western
red cedar, coastal redwood, true firs and ponderosa pine.
IFA® offers one contract/one contact for pricing and ordering within the nursery system. The IFA® “seed to seedling” nursery system offers complete
seed services: cone processing, seed conditioning, storage, procurement, testing, separation, single-seed sowing, intra-company trucking (at below
market cost), and other services to our contract customers.
Our customers benefit from the following services:
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Multiple Nurseries - Our customers are able to diversify their ordering and growing risk across our nurseries, we offer geographical
production capability for custom growing by species and product types. |
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Cost Effective - IFA® specializes in Plug-1 production by operating both bareroot and container nurseries, so our customers are able to
order and transfer their seedlings within the same nursery system; eliminating the plug "shrink" that would be experienced between one
competitor growing the plug and another competitor growing the transplant. |
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High Quality - IFA® fosters the sharing of managerial experience and customer input between its nurseries, in order
to produce the highest quality seedlings available in the marketplace. For the P-1 and 1-1 intra-company transplant production; higher
quality is experienced when one nursery manager is accustomed to the cultural practices of another nursery manager working within the
same nursery system for many years. |
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Management Expertise - At each nursery, our management personnel are highly experienced in forestry and horticultural growing. They
are readily available for consultation to reduce any risk involved with your contractual requirements. Our four-tier management structure
that includes manager, assistant manager, supervisor and administrative assistant is in effect at each of our locations and ensures
continuity of seedling contracts. |
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Northwest Seed - We can process your conifer cones, condition the seed and provide cold storage. Seed lab personnel at Canby and
Toledo examine the seed at various cone processing intervals and provide the following testing services: germination, purity, moisture,
blending and stratification. |
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Seed freezer Storage - We maintain the proper seed storage conditions for the forests of the future at Toledo and Canby. These storage
locations diversify the storage risk of your accumulated investment in research and breeding. |
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Seedling freezer Storage - We realize the importance of our customer's seedlings reaching true dormancy and the flexibility of being
able to plant trees at an optimum date without damage, so we now provide freezer storage at Canby and Toledo at reduced commercial storage rates
for our contract customers. Please inquire at these nurseries for more information. |
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Browse Protection - Our patented BudCap® offers protection of the terminal bud from big game browsing. They are often applied at the
nursery to reduce labor costs and ensure protection from the time of planting. They will not damage the trees and are easily applied
without staplers or other tools. With over 12 million applied, BudCaps have a proven track record of success.
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We take great pride in our organization's ability to provide quality nursery stock that gives a firm foundation to forestry.
To this day, IFA® honors our original mission statement:
"To consistently grow the highest quality seedlings possible at competitive prices and provide our customers with the best service and added value in the industry."
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