Cardinal attended the meeting for the Greater Chicago Pest Management Alliance, another well-attended event. It is always fun to have Dexter Jarrett and Timothy Woods talking all things fumigation, ULV fogging, IGICO2 and safety!

Triest Irrigation answered the call! Our truck is loaded and heading to Asheville to help with the relief efforts for citizens in the Ashville area!

Trical Inc. 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.

photo credit: Ole Fernandez

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. is excited to announce the winners of the 2024 Storkan-Hanes-McCaslin Research Foundation Award! Join us in congratulating Sudha Upadhaya from Washington State University, Ram Neupane from Penn State University, and Corrie Vincent from Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Sudha Upadhaya’s research is titled *Comprehensive Assessment of Soil Health in Potato Fields: From Microbial Community Profiling to AI-Based Nematode Identification*.

Ram Neupane’s project is focused on *The Genetic Basis of Copper Tolerance in Soilborne Burkholderia Strains Collected from Onion Bulbs and Leaves: A Comparative Genomics Study*.

Corrie Vincent’s proposal is *Function and Regulation of the Concanamycin Phytotoxins in the Potato Common Scab Pathogen Streptomyces scabiei*.

After 23 years, 9 months, and 20 days of hard-work and dedication Mr. Larry Mills is retiring today from Reddick Equipment Company. He will be missed! Help us celebrate and thank him for his many years at Reddick Equipment Company and wish him well in his retirement.

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.

"The Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association is the state's leading full-service specialty crop organization, serving Florida's grower-shipper community since 1943. FFVA represents a broad range of crops, including vegetables, citrus, tropical fruit, berries, sod, sugar cane, tree crops and more.

This small business' pest control van was upfitted by Reddick Equipment Company, adding a 300/100-gallon split tank with one reel, pump, and engine to fit the customer's pest control operation. Reddick Equipment offers many options for businesses in Lawn, Turf, and Pest Control. (Read More)

Nematology is the scientific discipline concerned with the study of nematodes, or roundworms. There are beneficial nematodes that contribute to the soil and are involved in nutrient cycles that boost plant growth. But there are also bad, plant-parasitic nematodes, that have the power to ravage a crop and cause significant yield loss. Dr. Kristi Sanchez’s number one priority is to help growers identify and manage the bad ones so they harvest a healthy crop.

TeamTeleos is onsite today at the Florida Tomato Institute's Annual Conference! We are proud to be Gold Sponsors of this event each year.

Our Southeast TELONE™ Specialist Chris Hays, Stewardship Manager Justin Harrison., and President John Godbehere were representing Teleos at this event and engaging first-hand with tomato growers from across the state.

Meister Media Worldwide's Annual Soil Health Report is now available! Our very own Dr. Randy (RM) Huckaba was interviewed for the piece, sharing thoughts on how soil fumigation with TELONE™ can be a vital part of a sustainable pest management plan.

Huckaba agrees that sustainability is an important consideration with fumigation. “The increased interest in sustainability and soil health has resulted in extensive testing to determine the potential impacts of fumigation on the soil microbiome. Teleos has contracted with an industry-leading third-party soil testing company called Biome Makers Inc. who conducted tests across diverse soil types and production conditions in multiple crops. The results indicate that TELONE™ does not decimate the soil as previously believed, but rather, has little to no negative impact on biodiversity observed in the soil microbiome,” he says.

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. (Read More)