Mickelsen Farms

Mickelsen Farms

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
Idaho, affectionately known as The Potato State for obvious reasons, is presently going through its yearly agricultural ritual, and that is farmers stretching from way North up into the Panhandle section of the state all the way to the Southern border, are planting potatoes…lots of them. Yup… it's the start of our billion-dollar spud season. North of Idaho Falls, At Mickelsen Farms outside of Roberts, they are full speed ahead!

"We are on day 2 of planting here in the Osgood area. It's been a little cold but things are starting to get a bit better. It's been a rough start, it's taken until today to get all the planters going," said the farm manager. 

Farm manager Andrew Mickelsen and, to get to the planting part of the operation, he started cutting seed, months ago. Seed prep on Mickelson farm is a huge operation. They grow russet norkotahs, russet burbank, and chieftan potatoes all sold through the family business, Rigby Produce. They also grow their own seed potatoes under the Yellowstone Seed brand. 

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