Stoddard Farms

Stoddard Farms Stoddard Farms Famous Idaho Potatoes Stoddard Farms is a third- generation family farm located in Grace, Idaho.

We specialize in growing Idaho Certified Seed Potatoes including Russet, Red, and Yellow varieties. Come join us in September at our annual Farmers Market where you can purchase straight from the field potatoes, Canola Honey, Stoddard Farms Grown Giant Sweet Onions, other delicious produce, and sample our famous French Fries-- they're FREE!

If you're new here, welcome! And if you've been following along for a while, thanks for sticking around—we're glad you'r...
06/02/2026

If you're new here, welcome! And if you've been following along for a while, thanks for sticking around—we're glad you're here.

We're Stoddard Farms, a family-owned and operated seed potato farm nestled in the beautiful Gem Valley of Grace, Idaho. For more than 70 years, our family has been growing potatoes and caring for the land we call home.

Today, we grow high-quality Russet, Red, and Yellow seed potatoes that eventually help produce potatoes enjoyed by families across the country. In other words, before a potato becomes a french fry, baked potato, or bowl of mashed potatoes, it often starts its journey as a seed potato on farms like ours.

Of course, farming is about much more than potatoes. It's early mornings, long days, watching weather forecasts like they're the season finale of your favorite TV show, fixing equipment at the least convenient times, and occasionally negotiating with rock chucks.

We love sharing the behind-the-scenes side of agriculture—the things most people never get to see. From planting and irrigation to harvest and everything in between, we hope to help bridge the gap between the farm and your table.

Now we'd love to get to know you!

How did you find Stoddard Farms? Are you a fellow farmer, a potato lover, a local supporter, or just someone curious about where food comes from?

Potato Myths vs. FactsThink you know potatoes? Let’s dig into a few common myths we've heard a time or two! Myth #1: Po...
05/27/2026

Potato Myths vs. Facts

Think you know potatoes? Let’s dig into a few common myths we've heard a time or two!

Myth #1: Potatoes grow on top of the ground.
Fact: Potatoes actually grow underground while the leafy green plant grows above ground. Before harvest, we have to kill the vine above the ground first! (Yes… your french fries spend most of their life buried in dirt.)

Myth #2: Farmers plant potato seeds.
Fact: Most potatoes are planted using “seed potatoes” — pieces of potatoes that sprout new plants. Potatoes growing potatoes. Nature is wild.

Myth #3: All Idaho potatoes are the same.
Fact: Idaho grows many different potato varieties including russets, reds, yellows, fingerlings, and specialty potatoes. Each variety grows differently and serves a different purpose! At Stoddard Farms, we typically grow russets, reds, and yellows. Not all potatoes are created equal.

Myth #4: Potatoes don’t need water.
Fact: Potatoes are still plants — and plants require water, sunlight, and the right nutrients! We carefully irrigate and monitor water throughout the growing season to help produce a healthy crop. This is partially why we love pivot lines! (And why farmers obsess over the weather forecast.)

Did you get them all right? What potato questions do you still have?

Potato Grower Magazine recently shared an article clearing up the confusion around processed vs. ultra-processed foods—a...
05/21/2026

Potato Grower Magazine recently shared an article clearing up the confusion around processed vs. ultra-processed foods—and potatoes may not belong in the category some people assume.

According to the article, products like frozen fries, dehydrated potatoes, and even many potato chips are considered processed, not ultra-processed, because they’re typically made with simple ingredients you’d recognize right from your own kitchen: potatoes, oil, and salt.

At the end of the day, potatoes are still potatoes—grown in the dirt, packed with nutrients, and feeding families in all kinds of forms. Around here, we’re just proud to grow a product that ends up on so many dinner tables.

You can read the full article here:
https://www.potatogrower.com/2026/04/are-potato-chips-french-fries

Have you ever REAAAALLLY wanted hashbrowns to complete your breakfast… only to realize the freezer’s cleaned out? Well f...
05/19/2026

Have you ever REAAAALLLY wanted hashbrowns to complete your breakfast… only to realize the freezer’s cleaned out?

Well friend, this recipe is for you.

These “Cowboy Potatoes” also called breakfast potatoes, hashbrowns, and probably a billion other names...are simple, filling, and the kind of breakfast side that just feels right. Around here, sometimes the best meals are the ones made from a few basic ingredients and a skillet.

Cowboy Potatoes
• 3–4 Russet Potatoes
• 1/4 cup Butter
• Johnny’s Seasoning Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste

Instructions:
Slice potatoes about 1/8" thick. Rinse with cold water, drain, and repeat 3 times. Then dry the potato slices well.

Melt 1/4 cup butter in a skillet over medium-high heat and carefully add the dried potato slices. Cook until golden brown, then flip and repeat on the other side.

Season with Johnny’s Seasoning Salt and pepper as desired and serve hot!

Simple, crispy, buttery… and no freezer hashbrowns required.

Now we’ve gotta know—does your family make something similar?
Do you add onions? Cheese? Ketchup? Maybe throw an egg on top?

Tell us your version below!

Not all water problems happen in the ocean… sometimes they happen right here in our own backyard. Out here at Stoddard F...
05/14/2026

Not all water problems happen in the ocean… sometimes they happen right here in our own backyard.

Out here at Stoddard Farms, our irrigation water starts its journey in the Bear River, flows through the Last Chance Canal, and then makes its way down a network of ditches and canals before it reaches our fields.

But before that water can do its job, we’ve got to do ours.

Every spring—and even a few times throughout the summer—we spend time cleaning out those canals. We’re talking tumbleweeds, overgrown brush, sticks, and yes… the occasional piece of garbage that somehow finds its way in.

It may not sound glamorous, but if those canals get blocked, water doesn’t flow the way it should… and that can lead to bigger problems down the road. Keeping them clear means our crops get the water they need, when they need it.

So while oceans might get most of the attention when it comes to keeping water clean… we’re over here doing our part too—one ditch at a time.

What river, lake or ocean do you live closest to?

05/12/2026

Have you ever heard someone mention a “re**er” and immediately pictured an ocean reef?
Close… but not quite.

Out here on the farm, a re**er is actually how some of our seed potatoes travel to Idaho!

Each year, we grow several potato varieties—including the russets, reds, and yellows many of you recognize from our farmers market. To grow those potatoes, we first bring in seed potatoes from a few different places.

Some are sourced locally and arrive in regular potato trailers. Others make a much longer journey—all the way from Canada! And when seed potatoes are traveling that far, protecting their quality is a pretty big deal.

That’s where the “re**er” comes in. A re**er is simply a refrigerated trailer that helps keep the potatoes at the proper temperature and protected from the changing weather and conditions during transport. Think of it as climate-controlled travel for potatoes.

Because healthy seed = healthy potato crops later on.

It’s one of those behind-the-scenes parts of farming most people never see, but it's kind of an important part of our potato farm!

Here’s a quick look at the process in the video below!

It's Maaaay! The cellars are all cleaned up and looking their best… and now some of them are already getting new occupan...
05/07/2026

It's Maaaay!
The cellars are all cleaned up and looking their best… and now some of them are already getting new occupants.

Around here, spring cleaning season quickly turns into moving season.

As we work to get the 2026 crop planted, the seed potatoes spend about a month tucked away in the cellars before heading out to the fields. Think of it as their short little “waiting room” phase before the real work begins.

It’s a busy time of year with equipment rolling, dirt flying, and lots of moving parts—but there’s something exciting about watching the next planting season get started.

05/05/2026

Did you know you aren’t the only one tackling spring cleaning right now?

Out here at Stoddard Farms, we’ve been busy with our own version—less closets and cupboards, more… potato cellars.

As the cellars empty out, the real cleanup begins:
Those gray air pipes running along the floor? Pulled out, washed, sanitized, and stored away.
Then the floors get a good raking, followed by a full leaf-blower moment (oddly satisfying, not going to lie).
And to finish it off—everything gets a thorough wash and sanitize.

There’s just something about watching a season’s worth of dust and debris get cleared out and seeing the cellars left fresh and clean again. A clean slate, farm-style.

Now we’ve got to ask—what’s on your spring cleaning list this week?
Closets? Windows? That one drawer everyone avoids?

We’d love to reward you with a batch of fresh homemade fries for your efforts… but you’ll have to hang tight until September.

04/30/2026

You may have noticed in our last post we mentioned the potatoes get “checked over”… and no, that’s not just a quick glance and a thumbs up...

It’s actually a pretty important step!

As we unload the cellars, all those potatoes (yep—all of them are seed potatoes) go through a sorting machine again.

Why again?
Because even though the cellars do an incredible job—keeping potatoes firm, cool, and (most importantly) from sprouting—we still want to make sure everything leaving the farm is in top-notch condition.

So before they head out, we run them through one more round of sorting to catch:
• dirt clods
• rocks
• or any potatoes that may have gotten bumped, cut, or squished along the way (it happens… even potatoes have rough days)

And that big white “tent” you might see in the picture?
That’s where the magic happens.

Inside, the potatoes are sorted, carried up the piler, and loaded into the back of a semi trailer—one steady stream of Idaho goodness heading out into the world.

It’s a bit of a process… but it matters.

They’re headed to be planted for next season and we’re doing everything we can to make sure our potatoes leave here ready to do their job.

No shortcuts—just a lot of moving belts, careful eyes, and maybe a farmer or two whispering, “you’ve got this, little potato, make us proud.”

Remember all those potatoes (and grain!) we worked around the clock to harvest last fall?Well… there comes a point every...
04/28/2026

Remember all those potatoes (and grain!) we worked around the clock to harvest last fall?

Well… there comes a point every year—right about late winter (because let’s be real, Idaho likes to keep winter around until May)—when it’s time to start emptying the cellars.

And honestly? If you took a video of harvest… and played it in reverse… you’d pretty much be watching what we’re doing right now.

The same belts get rolling.
The same equipment gets set up.
The same ground filled with people, trucks and potatoes.
Only this time, instead of bringing the crop in, we’re sending it out.

Our seed potatoes are carefully pulled from the cellars, checked over, and loaded into semis headed to farms far beyond our little corner of Idaho.

And the grain?
It’s augured out of the bins and loaded up and trucked out too!

It’s one of those full-circle moments of farming… Months of planning, planting, irrigating, and harvesting—now quite literally rolling down the road.

There’s something satisfying about it. A little bittersweet, too...While we’re saying goodbye to last year’s crop… we’re already gearing up to do it all over again.

And this post actually answers one of the questions we hear ALL the time—
“Are the potatoes you sell at harvest from last year’s crop?”

The answer? An absolute NO.

What you’re buying at harvest are potatoes from that same season’s crop! No year-old leftovers here... just Idaho potatoes doing what they do best!

Address

1986 One Mile Road
Grace, ID
83241

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm
Saturday 8am - 6pm

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+12084253830

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