The Perennial Ryegrass Bargaining Association (PRBA) was organized in August 1994 by a group of ninety (90) growers representing 28,000 acres, 40,000,000 lbs. of turf type perennial ryegrass seed.

The purpose of the PRBA is to negotiate a reasonable grower price for the members of the PRBA producing the improved varieties of turf type perennial ryegrass under seed production contacts with the various Oregon seed dealers.

In 1995, the PRBA established the price negotiations on the benchmark standard of quality, TournamenT® Quality.

In 1998, the PRBA received a registered trademark for the TournamenT® Quality mark to be used in the marketing of turf grass seed.

Since the crop year of 2001, the price negotiations for each crop year have been in the forum of the Perennial Ryegrass Seed Bargaining Council under the supervision of the Director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture.