January 2022 - 18

Daniel Corey Farms
Monticello, ME
Reds * Yellows * Whites
Russets * Chips * Specialty
Varieties
AF5280-5
Adirondack Blue
Adirondack Red
All Blue
Andover
Atlantic
Austrian Crescent
Banana Fingerling
Belmonda
Brodie (NY140)
Caribou Russet
Dark Red Norland
Elba
Envol
Eva
French Fingerling
Genesse
German Butterball
Harley Blackwell
Huron Chipper
Innovator
Katahdin
Kennebec
Kueka Gold
Lamoka
Lehigh
NADF11384B-1
Natascha
NCB2067-3
Norwis (Crystal Strain)
Ontario
Peter Wilcox
Pomerelle Russet
Prada
Purple Majesty
Reba
Red LaSoda
Red Maria
Red Pontiac
Red Thumb Fingerling
Russet Burbank (ID Strain)
Salem
Satina
Shepody
Snowden
Strawberry Paw
Superior
Waneta
Yukon Gem
Yukon Gold
Truck and harvester working in synchronicity.
sold out. I think it was the third year of
me pestering him before he finally had
some seed for me. And from that I just
developed a wonderful relationship
with John and his family.
" He was just a great mentor, I can't say
enough about how good he was to me. I
still buy seed from the Schutter family. "
Thirteen years ago, Telford began
Tissue Culture Facility
Mini-tubers
Early Generation Seed
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looking to expand the farm's acreage
as his sons started joining in the
operation. All the land around Richfield
and Hidden Valley had been bought
up by dairymen in the area and he was
forced to look elsewhere.
" We were looking for someplace to
expand to make room for the family, "
Telford said. " We looked at Montana
and we looked everywhere and the
opportunity presented itself in Arco.
We're sure glad that happened. We just
love it in Arco and it's been very, very
good to us. "
Telford said 2021 was one of the
lowest-yielding years in memory and he
blamed it on hot weather.
" The hottest weather we had all year
was in June, we didn't have anything
that matched that all through July, all
through August, the hottest we had was
in June and it came early in June, and I
think that affected the set, " he said. " The
seed is high, high quality, looks great but
we just grew vines instead of potatoes. "
Last
year's
heat
drought conditions
also
facing
exacerbated
growers
throughout the Snake River basin
resulting in less recharge in the aquifer
system. Major storage reservoirs in
the Upper Snake River Basin also were
emptied during the 2020 growing season.
It's a situation that has him watching
the weather charts and snowpack
accumulations this winter.
" If there's no snow in Idaho this year,
because the reservoir systems are empty
and I'm really concerned about the
aquifers, we've really got to have a good
winter, " Telford said about the water
outlook and its impact on the 2021
growing season.
He said they'll wait until February
to see how favorable the snow pack
conditions look prior to making their
planting decisions. First and foremost
for Telford is to meet the seed demands
of his customers.
Once Telford and his sons determine
what the 2022 water year will be then
they will decide how much rotation
crops they will plant, saving water
necessary to meet their commercial
seed potato customers.
" Our potatoes are number one with
us, that's the most important crop, the
rest of this is just in rotation, " Telford
said. " The most important thing you've
got are your customers, probably
next only to your health. The reason
we've succeeded is we have wonderful,
extremely loyal customers who trust
us and we do the best job we can to
provide high quality seed and continue
to do that.
" We have people who have been
buying seed from me for 30 years. "
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