"California Grown" Strawberries Heading to Market
Keep an eye out for "California Grown" strawberries on your next shopping trip your grocery store. Trical believes great strawberries begin with healthy soil with soil fumigation solutions designed to support vigorous plant growth and produce berries with exceptional size and quality.
Sunrise over Raspberry Fields in California
Trical added another raspberry field added to thier growing portfolio—there’s nothing quite like starting the day early and witnessing a stunning sunrise over the fields. Moments like this remind us why we’re passionate about what we do.
Cardinal visits California Pest Management Association PestEd South
Cardinal Professional Products had a fun day with our friends at the California Pest Management Association PestEd South event. It was a great opportunity to stay connected with the industry and gain some insight on what’s new in 2025.
Cardinal Attends California Walnut Conference
William Woodhouse, ACE, PHE and Holly Hannigan are spending the day at the California Walnut Conference in Yuba City! They are staffing booth 81 to offer information about IGI Co2, fumigation options, regulatory support and safety supplies!
Raspberry Soil Fumigation on the Coastal California
Trical Inc. just completed a raspberry soil fumigation project along Coastal California, helping a local farmer ensure a thriving harvest season. Booking a consultation with a Trical Inc PCA can help farmers learn how to support the success of a farmer's planting season.
Enjoy California’s Bounty: Grown with Pride
With its rich soils, diverse climates, and innovative farming techniques, California has cultivated an impressive array of more than 400 commodities. Remarkably, the state is the sole producer of key crops such as almonds, artichokes, celery, garlic, kiwifruit, and walnuts
Trical Inc. fumigating Strawberry Fields fighting Nemotodes
Despite the overcast skies in Santa Maria, California, dedicated technicians are hard at work treating the strawberry fields to mitigate soil-borne diseases like nematodes. This proactive farmer is ensuring that the upcoming planting season will be both smooth and successful.
Trical Group is at the Almond Conference
Cardinal Professional Products, Trical Inc., Landmark Irrigation and Trical Diagnostics are representing the Trical Group by exhibiting at this year’s Almond Board of California! Looking forward to seeing all our friends and meeting some new ones.
Dawn breaks as Trical Inc. is Already on the Job
Trical Inc. is at work in the field before dawn breaks. Trical Inc.'s team of experts is committed to delivering high-quality soil treatments customized to meet your unique requirements by being an ally that respects your time and investment. Soil Fumigation is a solid start is essential for long-term success.
Amanda Hernandez selected for this year’s Almond Leadership Program
We are also proud to celebrate Amanda Hernandez, a valued member of our team at Trical Inc., who was selected for this year’s Almond Leadership Program. For her project, Amanda created a stunning almond cookbook that earned 1st Prize among all participants.
Soil Treatment Project in Carlsbad, California
Here’s a recent soil treatment project that Trical completed in the beautiful flower fields of Carlsbad, California. The work focused on creating a weed-free, nutrient-rich foundation to support a vibrant, healthy bloom this coming spring. We’re as eager as you are to see these fields come alive with color.
Cardinal visits the San Joaquin Valley
Cardinal teammates from Fresno spent the day with the Western Agricultural Processors Association and California Air Resources Board from San Joaquin Valley.
Strawberry Raised Beds in Santa Maria
These strawberry raised beds in Santa Maria, CA are getting prepped and ready for a productive planting season with Trical Inc. This grower is taking proactive steps to manage weeds and soilborne diseases, setting the stage for a healthy, successful harvest.
Landmark Irrigation Features Sand Media Filter Tanks
Maintaining peak efficiency in your irrigation system is essential to keep California crops thriving. Landmark Irrigation shows off some new installed sand media filter tanks to help irrigation systems running smoothly for a productive growing season.
Rooted Together - The Almond Conference
TriCal Group is excited to share that our four companies, TriCal Inc., TriCal Diagnostics, Landmark Irrigation, and Cardinal Professional Products will be exhibiting at Rooted Together The Almond Conference on December 10-12 in Sacramento, CA.
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."
TriCal Inc. covers in California in Plastic
At TriCal Inc. prioritizes safety, and stewardship to ensure that we can continue growing healthy fruits and vegetables while safeguarding our communities and the environment. It keeps soil treatments contained, ensuring they stay in place and don't spread beyond the field.
Strawberry Fall Fumigation Underway
This grower in Santa Maria, California is prepping their soil now to ensure a bountiful strawberry harvest. TriCal’s qualified Pest Control Advisors (PCAs) offer valuable guidance to strawberry growers, helping them maintain a healthy soil biome while prioritizing environmental stewardship.
California Association of Pest Control Advisers Agri-Expo and Conference
We were onsite in Anaheim, CA at the 50th California Association of Pest Control Advisers Agri-Expo and Conference. Our California TELONE™ Specialist, Brian Hegland, was there answering PCA and grower questions about nematode management solutions with TELONE™.
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.
Trical visits with California Legislators Advocating for Soil Fumigation
Colleagues Courtney Ross-Tait and Kara KeziosKara Kezios were in sunny Sacramento educating legislators and advocating for the benefits of soil fumigation. Soil fumigation leads to soil health by creating healthy root systems. TriCal, Inc. has been in business for over 60 years improving crop yield and quality for farmers and growers in California and all over the world.
TriCal Inc. Women in Ag Campaign
For the past two months (July and August), TriCal Inc. has been proudly promoting our Women in Ag campaign across our social media platforms. We hope you’ve been following along as we have introduced the remarkable women in agriculture who are part of our team. These women are essential to our organization, and our success wouldn’t be possible without each of them.
Trical Grape Field Trial (Modesta, CA): Documented Importance of Soil Fumigation
In the Fall of 2019, Dr. Kristi Sanchez began a Grape Field Trial in Modesto, CA, investigating soil fumigation methods and their impact on vineyard performance. The trial focused on assessing TriClor adoption in vineyards alongside the performance of TELONE™ II.
California Is Nuts
The Almond Board of California hosted the 51st Annual Almond Conference, sharing our knowledge and connecting others in the industry. The conference supported the Almond Industry in field trial research that TriCal Group does through our companies (TriCal Diagnostics, TriCal Inc., Landmark Irrigation, and Cardinal Professional Products).
Potatoes Following in Strawberries’ Footsteps, But Can Potatoes be as Nimble?
The parallels between where we are in the potato industry today compared to where California’s strawberry industry was in the 1950s are quite amazing. Strawberries are very sensitive to verticillium. Do I think chloropicrin is coming in potatoes? Absolutely.
Educational Outreach: Agknowledge Program in Salinas, California
The Agknowledge Program in Salinas, CA, organized by the Grower-Shipper Association Foundation, is an excellent initiative that brings together key stakeholders in the Monterey County community to educate them on critical issues affecting the local agricultural industry.
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.
California's Top 10 Agricultural Commodities:
- Dairy Products, Milk — $8.13 billion
- Grapes — $6.52 billion
- Cattle and Calves — $4.76 billion
- Lettuce — $3.93 billion
- Almonds — $3.88 billion
- Pistachios — $2.98 billion
- Strawberries — $2.97 billion
- Tomatoes — $2.01 billion
- Carrots — $1.67 billion
- Broilers — $1.24 billion (source: NC Department of Agriculture)
