Potato Grower

November 2013

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Into the Pipeline With a broad range of products and services that cater to ag operations of all stripes, the Double M team offers a "one-stop shop" to get growers equipped and back into the field. "If we're not planting, we're getting ready for planting. Then we're irrigating—then harvesting. Then we'll start building pivots again and working on our purchasing for next year." There's no offseason for Double M Ag & Irrigation. Just as growers must adapt to the everchanging agricultural landscape so do suppliers. Double M, based in American Falls, Idaho, is one of the largest stocking dealers of potato and sugarbeet equipment parts in the Northwest. Double M ships products to 14 states and three countries. "We try to be the one-stop shop so growers can get what they need and get back to the field," said Travis Mills, Double M vice president. "We have a lot of customers both in Idaho and out of state. Obviously we have your staple potato products and full line of tools and welding supplies." Being a one-stop shop means Double M meets customer demands in irrigation design, equipment and maintenance to tillage, planting, spraying, chemigation and fertigation through harvest and into the cellar. "We're so diversified now I don't feel like we have a slow season," Mills said. "If we're not planting, we're getting ready for planting. Then we're irrigating—then harvesting. Then we'll start building pivots again and working on our purchasing for next year. All the ag shows and everything else we're a part of happens in the winter months. We go to as many ag shows as we can." Filling a niche Double M was founded in 1981 by Mark Mills, who worked out of a room in his barn while working full time at Power County Implement in American Falls. He started to work full time for Double M out of his pickup when the implement store closed in 1986. In time Mark bought a small building and land in American Falls for the namesake store and continued to sell on the road in southeastern Idaho. He branched into Aberdeen, Idaho, in 1997. Business has continued to grow. Travis, who graduated from American Falls High School in 1998, joined his father full time www.potatogrower.com 25

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