Doug and Mike Barberry formed Barr-Net, Inc. in January of 1997. The Barberry family has been growing quality turfgrass sod since 1950, currently operating Aldino Sod Farms, Inc. in Churchville, Maryland. Recently, Doug Barberry has become the sole owner and operator of the Barr-Net, Inc. production company. The development of the Barrnetter has grown from the need to reduce labor, increase efficiency, and increase profitability.

In the past, fieldnetting was installed with a large labor force pinning the edges of the net by hand. It was a very tedious, labor intensive, and expensive process. The field netting process began about 1970 and up to about 1992 the process was installed by hand until four turf growers from Maryland and Kentucky got together and built the forerunner of the Barr-Net C-175/20 XL. After two years of R & D the generation one machine was built and marketed to the industry on January 06, 1997.

Today’s third generation production model is a major improvement over the first and second-generation models. Barr-Net, Inc. has set the standard for fieldnet installation, selling over 200 units in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and Russia. We are continuing to search for better methods of fieldnet installation; our intention is to stay ahead of industry needs.