Vegetables
Teleos Specialists Robin Matson and Dusty Allen were onsite at the Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association Annual Conference & Trade Show in Kennewick, WA. The Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association is dedicated to education, research, production, promotion, and representation in the Northwest vegetable industry and markets.
Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association
Teleos Specialists Robin Matson and Dusty Allen were onsite at the Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association Annual Conference & Trade Show in Kennewick, WA. The Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association is dedicated to education, research, production, promotion, and representation in the Northwest vegetable industry and markets.
Carlos Garcia featured in American Vineyard, California Fruit and Vegetable
With 50 years in the agriculture industry, 25 of those have been with TriCal Inc. Carlos reflects, “People often say to find a career you’re passionate about, and it won’t feel like work. I’m lucky enough to work with crops I love, and my job feels more like a hobby."
North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission's Annual Field Day
Our Mid-Atlantic TELONE™ Specialist Greg Roberson, was onsite at the North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission's Annual Field Day. This event is held in conjunction with North Carolina State University's Extension Program and is an excellent opportunity to connect with researchers and sweetpotato growers.
Sweetpotato Solarization Innovative Technique
We recently completed a project for a sweetpotato nursery, commonly known as hotbeds, utilizing an innovative solarization technique. This field is taking full advantage of the summer season, and the customer also opted for our soil treatment to ensure effective management of soilborne pests.
80th Annual Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association
The 80th Annual Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association (FFVA)'s Annual Meeting took place this week on Marco Island, Florida. Our Southeast TELONE™ Specialist Chris Hays attended the event and shared it was a great opportunity to engage with several of Florida's top growers.
E VA Red Potato Trial Soil Compaction Explanation
Red Potato Trial using different rates and applications methods of chloropicrin. In this video we explain the different soil compaction rates seen in different application methods.
Poland Potato Trials
Teleos Ag is currently running many field trials around the world, and recently, our EMEA Sales Manager JB Gibbs and our Director of R&D Dr. Randy (RM) Huckaba were in Europe checking in on several sites, like the pictured site where our team is visiting several sites in Poland to see the progress of ongoing trials in potatoes and carrots.
A top read Spud Smart article on Verticillium Wilt Management
The farmers are dealing with verticillium. The table of farmers started by laying out the stark reality: “Verticillium is trouncing our crops.” The agronomists and plant pathologists present spent the discussion recommending: “Try cover crops”, “Try manure”, “Try compost”.
Bean Trial 2023
In 2023, Trident Agricultural Products conducted field trials in Idaho, focusing on kidney beans for seed production. The trials aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of PIC 100 (Chloropicrin) at low dosage rates of 2.5 GPA and 5 GPA at maximizing yield and income gain in comparison to non-fumigated checks.
AL Cucumber Field – Fumigation Tutorial
Josh Mays was out with a crew setting up a low dose chloropicrin trial on some cucumbers in Alabama not long ago. He walked through an in-row flat fumigation application and how it works in a strip-till situation in this video.
Broccoli Field Trial in Virginia
A video from a field trial in Virginia on broccoli. Agronomist Josh Mays discusses some of the things we evaluate and analyze while we're doing field trials.
SC Watermelon Field Trial
A short video on a SC Watermelon Trial and some of the tools we use to evaluate the things we see in a field.
The Badger Common’tater: An Interview with Josh Mays of Triest Ag Group
The July issue of the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association’s The Badger Common’Tater features a wonderful, in-depth interview with our own Corporate Agronomist, Josh Mays!
TELONE™ and Chloropicrin: A One-Two Punch for Nematodes and Soilborne Diseases
Agricultural diseases can decimate your crop if you don’t take the proper preventative steps. Nematodes and other soilborne diseases need to be stopped in their tracks—and the right soil fumigation techniques can make all the difference.
New Report Finds 97% of Fruits and Vegetables Sampled in California Meet Pesticide Safety Standards
The DPR released the 2021 California Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program Report showing that 97% of produce collected in 2021 had no detectable pesticide residues. More than 98% of “grown in California” produce had no residues that exceeded allowable levels.
Green Beans: Low Rate Fumigation Trial
Building off of our traditional success in tobacco and our more recent watermelon results in 2020-2021, we wanted to trial our low rate system in another crop that fit the specifications outlined earlier; 60-120 day crop. An opportunity was found in Florida with fresh market green beans.
Part II: A Deeper Look into Grafted Watermelon Production and Management
In this post we want take you through year 2 results and our findings into grafted watermelon production and management. The key focus points of the trial were increasing yields and maturity window of grafted plants using chloropicrin.
How to Suppress Soil Pest and Disease Levels In Cucumbers to Below Economic Damage
Cucumbers are one of the most pest and disease susceptible vegetable crops and are sensitive to Nematodes, Rhizoctonia and Pythium levels. Moderate numbers of each detected on the SARDI DNA tests will cause economic damage and result in yield losses.
A Deeper Look into Grafted Watermelon Production and Management
In this blog and video presentation we will take a deeper dive into why we recommend grafted plants and fumigation as potential solutions to obstacles in watermelon production. I would like to focus on grafted plants as a tool and potential solution to grower obstacles.
A Deeper Look into Grafted Watermelon Production and Management
In our last blog we went over the obstacles that growers face in watermelon production and their potential solutions. In this video presentation we will take a deeper dive into why we recommend grafted plants and fumigation as potential solutions to obstacles in watermelon production.
Overcoming Obstacles in Watermelon Production
Sustainable crop production is a complex issue that every farmer faces each season. The production issues for watermelon are not limited to those listed here by any means, but the following are the focal points of ongoing research..