Trical Group at the 2025 Potato Expo in Orlando
The 2025 Potato Expo in Orlando, Florida is just 3 weeks away on January 9-10th. The TriCal Group Family of Companies will be there in booth #1209 ready to talk potatoes and soil health solutions with you. We hope to see you there.
John Washington Shares the Secrets of Lawn Care
John Washington discusses how this lawn of St Augustine grass which has not been replaced with any new sod for 15 years. He shares effective and environmentally sound practices in an economical way to manage some really nice turfgrass in Florida.
Leafy Landscapes Van Up-Fit
Check out one of Reddick Equipment's latest Van Up-Fit projects for Leafy Landscapes. It features a 400-gallon nurse tank with double pumps and reels. The system also has two 56-gallon full drain tanks for separate mixing that feed the pumps and reels.
CAPCA at 50: Supporting PCAs and Advancing Agriculture
This year, CAPCA hosted its 50th Annual Conference & Agri-Expo South at the Disneyland Hotel, an event that brought together industry leaders, including TriCal Inc. & TriCal Diagnostics, to network and stay informed about the latest advancements in agriculture.
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.
Florida Tomato Institute's Annual Conference
TeamTeleos was at the Florida Tomato Institute's Annual Conference! Our Southeast TELONE™ Specialist Chris Hays, Stewardship Manager Justin H., and President John Godbehere were representing Teleos at this event and engaging first-hand with tomato growers from across the state.
Could A Soil Fumigant Be Used as a Bio-Stimulant?
A group of scientists at the University of Florida have been investigating the impact of soil fumigation on microbial communities and recently published some of their findings. They found that fumigant treatments with greater than 60% chloropicrin consistently increased tomato yield
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.
Florida's Top 9 Agricultural Commodities:
- Oranges — $1.5 billion
- Sugar Cane — $673 million
- Fresh-Market Tomatoes — $268 million
- Grapefruit — $4.9 million
- Sweet Corn — $180 million
- Fresh-Market Snap Beans — $167 million
- Watermelon — $138 million
- Fresh-Market Cucumbers — $67 million
- Squash — $67 million
- Broilers — $1.24 million (source: Farm Flavor)