The National Onion Association's Annual Meeting is a great opportunity to stay up-to-date on industry trends, attend educational talks, and go offsite for field tours. In the pictures below, Dusty and Chris visited Vidalia onion fields and from Bland Farms and G&R Farms, as well as an onion packing house

Trident Ag completed a hop soil treatment in the Pacific Northwest using Pic-Clor 35 at a rate of 20.5 gallons per acre to effectively suppress nematodes and disease.

Notice the precision of our operator navigating close to the poles with the packer—executing jobs like these requires exceptional skill and determination. It’s truly impressive to see the expertise that goes into every step of the process.

TriCal Group Companies are committed to the safe and responsible use of soil fumigation. We strive to protect you, your community and the environment. Our COmpanies rely on decades of experience, thousands of in-field application trials, and hundreds of university research studies to find the perfect formulation that is healthy for your crops, profitable for your farm, and safe for your community.

Trical New Zealand conducted a trial on another block of an important customer in Levin, North Island. This time, we targeted Clubroot in a broccoli crop. This block has a high disease pressure, making it a challenging task. Trical NZ fumigated with Pic-Plus and left an untreated section for control.

When results are gathered, we will be posting results!

TriCal Group works closely in collaboration with universities and researchers to protect our food supply and health. The chemicals we use are registered in varying chemical formulations for maximum performance, safety, and environmental health. All have been listed as exempt under EPA residue tolerance, meaning no resulting residue in or on food grown after soil treatment with these chemistries.

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. Big shout of thanks to Leafy Landscapes out of Florida for trusting us with your custom van up-fit!

Triest Ag Group demonstrates that quality filtration systems can improve water quality and increase the overall efficiency of irrigation systems. The irrigation specialist evaluates the field's size, soil qualities and water sources and balance it with the water needs based on crops to come up with a customized irrigation system for you.

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.

One of Amanda's almond coffee recipes are available at the 2024 Almond Conference at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento, CA

Growers in the Northwest are gearing up for potato planting season, partnering with Trident Ag for soil treatment with Strike™ to effectively manage common scabs and ensure a strong start to the season.

Strike formulations are Chloropicrin-based products and some of the most effective soil fumigants to manage soil borne pests and pathogens in potatoes and other crops. Pre-plant soil fumigation treatment is the first step in a successful soil health and pest management system. Strike can be applied alone or in combination with other fumigants via shank injections. The Strike product line helps you grow a cleaner, greener, and more sustainable crop year after year.

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.

Dr. Huckaba had help from the Teleos crew, including our USA Sales Manager Bruce Jacobs, Mid-Atlantic TELONE™ Specialist Greg Roberson, and USA Credit Manager Bill Reinbott with the sweetpotato field trials in Eureka, NC.

Dr. Adrienne Gorny from NC State Extension and consultant Chris Pierce were also onsite helping harvest, sort and count.

The photos show the grower plowing up sweetpotatoes, then harvesting and sorting.

The test treatments included TELONE™ II as well as TELONE™/Chloropicrin combinations. The results showed that TELONE™ provided very good control of the devastating guava root-knot nematode. We look forward to sharing the results of these trials in the coming months.

Cardinal teammates from Fresno spent the day with the Western Agricultural Processors Association and California Air Resources Board from San Joaquin Valley.

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.

TriCal Inc. support your season's preparations with all the essentials, from soil treatment, plastic mulch, and application equipment to drip tape and beyond.

Trical New Zealand recently completed a commercial fumigation job on the watermelon blocks for a valued customer in Levin, North Island. Fumigation targeted Fusarium sp, but they tackled other pests too. Thanks to perfect moisture and temperature conditions, the TriCal NZ team did an outstanding job using Pic-Plus.

Soil Fumigation promotes a healthy root system for potatoes, onions, carrots, strawberries, melons, nuts, grapes, cucumbers, tomatoes, tree fruit, peppers, eggplants, flowers, nurseries and more. Soil fumigation provides benefits to both consumer and grower.