IMickelsen Farms yasungulwa ngo-1988 ngabazalwane uLynn noDale Mickelsen nendodana kaLynn, uMark, kodwa umlando wokulima amazambane eningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Idaho ubuyela emuva kakhulu kunalokho.
“Sibe e-Idaho ingunaphakade,” kusho u-Andrew Mickelsen, enye yamadodana kaMark. "Kuyafiphala lapho uqala ukubheka emuva, kodwa ngendlela engikuthola ngayo, ngingumlimi wamazambane wesizukulwane sesithupha noma sesikhombisa wase-Idaho."
IMickelsen Farms ingomunye wabakhiqizi bamazambane abakhulu esifundeni futhi ukusebenza kwayo kufaka okungaphezulu kakhulu kokutshala amazambane. AbakwaMickelsens batshala amazambane wokuhweba nembewu, ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi i-Yellowstone Seed, futhi banezindawo ezimbili zokupakisha ezithunyelwa ngaphansi kwelebula leRigby Produce. Kukhona nokusebenza okuqhutshwa eRigby, Potato Products of Idaho.
Yize kunezingalo eziningi ezahlukene zohlelo, zonke ezomndeni futhi ziyasebenza.
Uma kukhulunywa ngamazambane akhulayo, ipulazi ligxila kakhulu emakethe entsha. Zikhula cishe izinhlobo zeRusset Burbank neNorkotah kuphela, kufaka phakathi ama-278, 296 kanye no-3. “Ngokwethu siwathanda kangcono amaNorkotah,” kusho u-Andrew Mickelsen. "Sicabanga ukuthi ziletha umkhiqizo omncane ongcono kumakhasimende." Baphinde bakhule okunye okubomvu kokucubungula.
Umsebenzi omkhulu udinga izandla nezingqondo eziningi futhi, ngenhlanhla, umndeni wakwaMickelsen unamalungu amaningi abandakanyekile. Abasebenzi abakhona manje bahlanganisa uMark noStephanie Mickelsen noDale Mickelsen, ababekhona selokhu ukusebenza kwamanje kwasungulwa ngo-1988, kanye no-Andrew, uSamuel no-Chelsea - abathathu bezingane ezine zikaMark noStephanie - namadodana kaDale, uBryan, uBrent no UScott. UMark, uStephanie nezingane zabo bagxila kakhulu ohlangothini lwezolimo, kuyilapho uDale namadodana akhe begxila ekupakisheni nasekucubunguleni izinto. Imithwalo yemfanelo iyamanzi, noma kunjalo.
"Sikholwa wukuthi wonke umsebenzi usebenza ngobunye," kusho u-Andrew. “Kumele uhlanganiswe nawo wonke amanye amapulazi. Uma ipulazi elilodwa lingaqediwe, sikhona lapho kulelo pulazi. Uma indawo yokugcina impahla idinga usizo, silapho lapho kugcinwa khona izimpahla. Uma imbewu idinga usizo, sikhona. ”
Ukuthola okuningi no-Andrew Mickelsen nohlangothi lokulima lwe Amapulazi aseMickelsen, bheka isiqephu sesine se "Insimu Yamazambane neSpudman ”podcast, itholakala ku-spudman.com/podcast noma lapho kutholakala khona ama-podcast.
Ukuzibandakanya kakhulu
Njengoba iminyaka engama-32 eyisikhulu esiphezulu sezezimali epulazini, uStephanie Mickelsen ubone izinguquko eziningi ohlangothini lokusebenza nokuphatha kwezolimo. Ukuhambisana nenani elikhulayo lemithetho namazinga sekuwumsebenzi wesikhathi esigcwele ngokwawo, kusho yena.
“Esikhathini esedlule, ubusanda kutshala isivuno sakho,” kusho yena. “Ngenxa yokuthi besingumphakathi wezolimo, abantu bebengakhathazeki ngokuthi uzolinakekela kanjani ipulazi lakho. Kutholwe kube ngumsebenzi wesikhathi esigcwele ukuhlangabezana nayo yonke imithethonqubo ehambisana nokuba ngumnikazi webhizinisi. Kulindeleke ukuthi uzazi zonke lezi zinto, ngakho-ke kufanele ube nomuntu ophezu kwazo. ”
Ngenkathi kutholakala i-cyst nematodes (PCN) ephaphathekile esifundeni ngo-2006, ukwahlukaniswa okwalandela kanye nokuqashwa kwezinkambu kufaka ezinye zezinkambu zikaMickelsens, abasusile kuzo kusukela ekusebenzeni kwabo. Ukwengamela kwe-PCN esifundeni kusaqhubeka namhlanje.
Phambilini, umndeni wakwaMickelsen ubugcina umsebenzi wawo. Isimo se-PCN nakho konke okusemthethweni kanye namahora omuntu eza nawo kuqale ukushintsha imibono yabo ngokuphuma "endaweni yabo yokunethezeka." Ukugqugquzela nokubandakanyeka komphakathi kwaqala kwaba yizinto ezibalulekile kuStephanie.
"Kwaba yisidingo ngempela," kusho uMickelsen. "Kuqale ngempela ngeFarm Bureau futhi kwavela ezinhlobonhlobo ukusuka lapho."
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Namuhla, uStephanie ungumqondisi wombuso we-Idaho Farm Bureau, ebhodini lezinhlangano eziningi ezigxile emanzini aphansi kanye nomphathiswa e-Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center naseKholeji lase-Eastern Idaho. UMark no-Andrew futhi basebenza njengomongameli beButte Market Lake Canal ne-Osgood Canal Company, ngokulandelana.
"Isizathu esenza ukuthi sikwenze lokho yingoba ezolimo ziya ngokuncipha kubantu," kusho uStephanie. "Uma thina, kwezolimo, sihlala nje emphakathini wethu omncane futhi singaphumi ngaphandle kwendawo yethu ephephile, ngeke sithonye inqubomgomo nabantu ukuze siqhubeke nokwenza esikwenzayo."
Njengoba iningi labantu lisuswa ngokwengeziwe kulabo abenza ezolimo, kubalulekile ukuyisa indaba yokulima kubo. UStephanie uthe iningi lalabo abafuna izindlela ezithile ekukhiqizweni kokudla bakwenza lokho ngaphandle kokwazi ukuthi kwenzekani empeleni kwezolimo. Usebenzise ukunisela ngokunemba njengesibonelo esisodwa nje.
"Bheka indlela izinhlelo zethu zokunisela ezithuthuke ngayo nokuthi singahlola kanjani ukuthi sisebenzisa amanzi angakanani ngakho sisebenzisa inani elifanele ncamashi," kusho uMickelsen. “Ngempela nangeqiniso, abalimi bangabaphathi bezemvelo nabaphathi abaphambili bomhlaba. Bakhathalele ngempela ukuthi kwenzekani emhlabeni, emhlabathini nasemanzini ngoba uma ekugcineni sonakalisa leyo nsiza, ngeke silime siye phambili. ”
UMark noStephanie bake bamenywa ukuba babambe iqhaza ku- Umhlaba O'Lakes iphaneli eliseNingizimu ngenkomfa yaseningizimu neSouthwest (SXSW) nomkhosi e-Austin, eTexas, umcimbi wamasiko, owezamabhizinisi nowezemfundo odonsela izethameli zomhlaba wonke. UStephanie uthe bekuyithuba elihle lokubandakanya imibono ethile eyiphutha yokulima kanye nokuhweba "okuyinkampani".
"Sinazo zonke lezi zinkulungwane zeminyaka kanye nochwepheshe abathi bafuna ukuthi ukudla kwabo kutshalwe ngendlela ethile, kepha abazi ukuthi babuza ini nokuthi kusho ukuthini ngempela lokho," esho. “Ngababuza, 'Uma nginamahektare angama-5,000 10,000, ingabe ngiyipulazi lezinkampani? Uma nginamahektare ayi-XNUMX XNUMX, ingabe ngiyipulazi lezinkampani? Uma ngine-LLC, kodwa konke kungumndeni, ingabe ngiyipulazi lezinkampani? ' Bathi, 'Cha, ngoba ngumndeni wakho.'
“Kunabaninimhlaba abanenkampani, kodwa empeleni angazi bakhona abalimi abanenkampani. Ubungabona ukuthi bekunezikhathi ezithile ze-ha eziqhubeka esixukwini ngoba bebengaboni ukuthi sixhumene kangakanani nomsebenzi wethu. ”
Isihloko sokuphikisana nezinto ezijwayelekile siphinde savela.
"Babengazi ukuthi ukulima ngokwemvelo kusebenzisa izinsiza eziningi, izinto zokubasa ezimbiwa phansi, omanyolo abaningi kunokujwayelekile - basezinhlotsheni ezihlukene nje," kusho uMickelsen. "Angicabangi ukuthi abantu bayaqonda ukuthi kungakanani ukucabanga nokuzikhandla namahora angena kulokho esikwenzayo ukukhombisa ukuthi siwukhathalela kangakanani umkhiqizo esiwubeka phambi kwabo."