Mickelsen Farms idakhazikitsidwa mu 1988 ndi abale a Lynn ndi a Dale Mickelsen ndi mwana wamwamuna wa Lynn, a Mark, koma mbiri yakulima mbatata kumwera chakum'mawa kwa Idaho ibwerera patali kuposa pamenepo.
Andrew Mickelsen, m'modzi mwa ana a Mark anati: "Takhala ku Idaho kwamuyaya." "Zimasokonekera mukayamba kuyang'ana m'mbuyo, koma momwe ndimazindikira, ndine m'badwo wachisanu ndi chimodzi kapena wachisanu ndi chiwiri wa mlimi wa mbatata wa Idaho."
Mafamu a Mickelsen ndi amodzi mwa opanga mbatata zazikulu kwambiri m'derali ndipo ntchito zake zimaphatikizaponso mbatata zokulitsa. A Mickelsens amalima mbatata zamalonda ndi mbewu, pansi pa dzina la Yellowstone Seed, ndipo ali ndi malo awiri onyamula omwe amatumizidwa pansi pa dzina la Rigby Produce. Palinso ntchito yolemba ku Rigby, Potato Products ku Idaho.
Ngakhale pali zida zambiri zosiyana siyana, zonse ndizabanja ndipo zimagwiritsidwa ntchito.
Pankhani yolima mbatata, famuyo imayang'ana makamaka pamsika watsopano. Amamera pafupifupi mitundu yonse ya Russet Burbank ndi Norkotah, kuphatikiza 278, 296 ndi 3. "Tokha timakonda a Norkotahs pang'ono," adatero Andrew Mickelsen. "Tikuganiza kuti amapereka mankhwala abwino kwa makasitomala." Amakhalanso ndi ma reds kuti akonzeke.
Ntchito yayikulu imafunikira manja ndi malingaliro ambiri ndipo, mwamwayi, banja la a Mickelsen lili ndi mamembala ambiri. Ogwira ntchitoyi akuphatikizapo Mark ndi Stephanie Mickelsen ndi Dale Mickelsen, omwe adakhalapo kuyambira pomwe ntchitoyi idakhazikitsidwa ku 1988, komanso Andrew, Samuel ndi Chelsea - atatu mwa ana anayi a Mark ndi Stephanie - ndi ana a Dale, Bryan, Brent ndi Scott. Mark, Stephanie ndi ana awo amayang'ana kwambiri zaulimi, pomwe Dale ndi ana ake amayang'ana kwambiri kulongedza ndi kukonza. Udindo ndiwowoneka bwino, komabe.
"Tikukhulupirira kuti ntchito yonse imagwira ntchito imodzi," adatero Andrew. “Muyenera kuphatikizidwa ndi mafamu ena onse. Ngati munda umodzi sunathe, tili kunja uko pafamuyo. Ngati nyumba yosungiramo katundu ikusowa thandizo, tili komweko. Ngati mbewu zikufuna thandizo, tili pamenepo. ”
Zambiri ndi Andrew Mickelsen ndi mbali yaulimi ya Mafamu a Mickelsen, onani gawo lachinayi la "Munda wa Mbatata ndi Spudman ”podcast, likupezeka pa spudman.com/podcast kapena kulikonse ma podcast.
Kuchita zambiri
Ndi zaka 32 ngati wamkulu wazachuma pafamuyi, a Stephanie Mickelsen awona kusintha kwakukulu pantchito yolamulira ndi kuyang'anira. Kutsata kuchuluka kwakukula kwamalamulo ndi miyezo kwakhala ntchito yanthawi zonse pakokha, adatero.
"M'mbuyomu, umangokolola mbewu zako," adatero. “Popeza tinali anthu okonda zachiwawa, anthu sanadandaule za momwe mungasamalire munda wanu. Iyenera kukhala ntchito yanthawi zonse kukwaniritsa malamulo onse omwe amabwera pokhala eni bizinesi. Mukuyembekezeka kudziwa zinthu zonsezi, chifukwa chake muyenera kukhala ndi wina amene ali pamwamba pawo. ”
Pamene ma cyst nematodes (PCN) otumbululuka adapezeka m'derali mu 2006, kupatula komwe kudayikidwa ndikuwunika minda kudaphatikizanso minda ya Mickelsens, yomwe adachotsa pantchito yawo. Kuyang'anira PCN m'derali kukupitilizabe mpaka pano.
M'mbuyomu, banja la a Mickelsen lidasungabe ntchito yawo. Mkhalidwe wa PCN ndi zovomerezeka zonse ndi maola a anthu omwe adabwera nawo adayamba kusintha malingaliro awo kuti "atuluke m'malo awo abwino." Kulimbikitsa anzawo komanso kutenga nawo mbali pagulu kunayamba kukhala zofunika kwa Stephanie.
"Zinakhala zofunikira," adatero Mickelsen. "Zinayambira ku Farm Bureau ndipo zasintha kuchokera kumeneko."
PHOTO GALALI: Mafamu a Mickelsen
Lero, a Stephanie ndi director director ku Idaho Farm Bureau, omwe ali mgulu la mabungwe angapo omwe amayang'ana pansi pamadzi komanso trastii ku Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center ndi College of Eastern Idaho. A Mark ndi Andrew akutumikiranso ngati purezidenti wa Butte Market Lake Canal ndi Osgood Canal Company, motsatana.
"Chifukwa chomwe tikufunikira kuchita izi ndi chifukwa chakuti ulimi ukucheperachepera," adatero Stephanie. "Ngati ife, pantchito zaulimi, tingokhala mdera lathu laling'ono ndipo sitituluka kunja kwa malo athu otetezeka, sitingakhudze mfundo ndi anthu kuti titha kupitiliza kuchita zomwe timachita."
Ndi unyinji waukulu wa anthu omwe akuchokeranso kwa omwe akupanga zaulimi, ndikofunikira kutengera nkhani yaulimi kwa iwo. Stephanie adati ambiri mwa iwo omwe amafuna zinthu zina kuchokera pakukolola chakudya amachita izi osadziwa zomwe zimachitika paulimi. Anagwiritsa ntchito kuthirira molondola monga chitsanzo chimodzi.
"Onani momwe makina athu othiririra alili patsogolo komanso momwe tingadziwire kuchuluka kwa madzi omwe tikugwiritsa ntchito kotero tikungogwiritsa ntchito kuchuluka koyenera," adatero Mickelsen. “Kunena zowona, alimi ndiwo akatswiri pantchito zachilengedwe komanso oyang'anira zinthu mdziko muno. Amasamala za zomwe zimachitikira nthaka, nthaka ndi madzi chifukwa ngati titawononga chuma chimenechi, sitidzalima m'tsogolo. ”
Mark ndi Stephanie adayitanidwapo kukachita nawo nawo a Land O'Lakes gulu kumwera ndi Southwest (SXSW) msonkhano ndi chikondwerero ku Austin, Texas, chochitika chachikhalidwe, bizinesi ndi maphunziro chomwe chimakopa omvera apadziko lonse lapansi. Stephanie adati uwu unali mwayi wabwino kwambiri wokhudzana ndi malingaliro olakwika ena azamalonda ndi amalonda "ogwira ntchito".
"Tili ndi zaka zikwizikwi zonsezi ndi techies omwe amati akufuna kuti chakudya chawo chikhale mwanjira inayake, koma sadziwa zomwe akufunsa komanso tanthauzo lake," adatero. "Ndinawafunsa kuti, 'Ngati ndili ndi maekala 5,000, kodi ndine famu yamakampani? Ngati ndili ndi maekala 10,000, kodi ndine famu yamakampani? Ngati ndili ndi LLC, koma yonse ndi banja, kodi ndine famu yamakampani? ' Iwo anati, 'Ayi, chifukwa ndi banja lanu.'
“Alipo eni ake ogwira ntchito m'makampani, koma sindikudziwa za alimi ena ogwira ntchito. Mutha kudziwa kuti panali ena a-ha omwe amachitika pagulu la anthu chifukwa sanazindikire kulumikizana kwathu ndi magwiridwe antchito athu. ”
Nkhani yachilengedwe motsutsana ndi wamba idayambanso.
"Sanadziwe kuti ulimi wam'madzi umagwiritsa ntchito zinthu zambiri, mafuta ochulukirapo, feteleza ochulukirapo kuposa wamba - ali m'njira zosiyanasiyana," adatero Mickelsen. "Sindikuganiza kuti anthu amamvetsetsa kuchuluka kwa kulingalira ndi khama komanso maola amatenga zomwe timachita kuwonetsa chidwi chathu ndi zomwe timawaika patsogolo pawo."