ʻO Carter, ka luna o CSS Farms, Watertown, SD, i hoʻomaopopo ʻia e pili ana i ka makana ma ke kiʻi wikiō 8 Malaki me ka luna hoʻoponopono o The Packer ʻo Tom Karst. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi aku ʻo Karst iā Carter no kāna alakaʻi, makemake nui a me kāna hana hou i ka ʻoihana ʻuala.
Me ka hoapili ʻo Randy Spevak, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Carter i ka CSS Farms i ka makahiki 1986, a ua hua ʻia ka hua mua o ka pāka russet no ka mea kanu french fry plant i kokoke. Ua hoʻonui koke ʻia nā māla CSS i ka hana ʻana i kaʻuala me nā mahiʻai ma Nebraska a me Texas. Nā māla CSS i kēia manawa he paepae wāwae e komo pū ana me 350 mau limahana piha i 19 mau hana mahiʻai ma 11 mokuʻāina. I ka hopena o ka makahiki 2018, ua iho ʻo Carter i luna ma ke ʻano he CEO o ka hui akā noho mau ʻo ia i luna hoʻomalu. ʻO nā lālā ʻo CSS Farms i kēia lā ʻo Bob Bender, Nathan Bender, Steve Gangwish, Reagan Grabner, a me Spevak.
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ʻO Russell Wysocki, Luna Nui o ka ʻohana ʻo Wysocki o Cos./RPE Inc., Bancroft, Wis., I ʻōlelo ʻia i loko o kahi leka i koho ʻia ua alakaʻi ʻo Carter iā CSS Farms e lilo i kekahi o nā mea hana uala holomua loa i ka ʻoihana.
Ma waho o kāna kuleana nui i ka ʻāpana a me nā hua uala, ʻike maopopo ʻo Carter i nā loina o ka uala mākeke hou, i ʻōlelo ʻo Wysocki. "Ua pōmaikaʻi mākou i ka hui pū ʻana me CSS Farms i ka makahiki 2010 e kākoʻo i kahi hihiʻo i ʻike ʻia e Milt Packer ma hope o ke komo ʻana i ka huakaʻi a ka US Potato Board ma waho i ʻEulopa i ka makahiki 1997," wahi a Wysocki. "ʻO kēlā huakaʻi ka mea e hoʻoikaika ai no ka mea i lilo i Tasteful Selections, ka mea ulu nui, packer a me ka mea kūʻai aku o ka uala nui."
I ka makahiki 2010, ua hui pū ʻo CSS Farms me RPE a me Plover River Farms e hana i nā Tasteful Selections, kekahi o nā mea hana kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻāina o nā pēpē pēpē a me nā manamana lima. Wahi a Wysocki i ka ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mākeke uala i kēlā manawa ma mua o 1.5% o ka mākeke US a ma loko o 10 mau makahiki ua ulu aʻe ia ma mua o 18%.
"ʻO ka mea e hoʻopūʻiwa loa ai i kēia ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo Milt kahi mea hoʻoulu hoʻomaʻemaʻe a hewa loa i ka mākeke hou ma muli o kāna mau pilikia me ka hōʻemi haʻahaʻa ʻana a me ka loaʻa kālā palena palena," wahi a Wysocki. “Eia nō naʻe, ua hiki nō iā ia ke ʻike i ke koi no ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, maʻalahi e hoʻohana a maʻalahi hoʻi i kaʻuala i nānā ʻia e ka poʻe ʻē aʻe i loko o ka ʻoihana. Ua hoʻolalelale kēia hihi i ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa i mua, e hoʻonāukiuki ana i ka noi o nā mea kūʻai aku a lawe mai i ke ola i kahi mākeke e hōʻole hou ana."
ʻO kā Carter hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻoihana me ke alakaʻi i ke kōkua ʻana i ka hakakā ʻana i ka maʻi chipipala Zebra, me nā mea kōkua e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i kāna hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hana hoʻokele agronomic maikaʻi loa no ka psyllid a me ka Zebra chip control. Ua lawelawe ʻo Carter ma nā papa ʻoihana ʻoihana a me nā kōmike, me nā makahiki he nui ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o ka National Potato Council. ʻO ke kāhea ʻana iā Carter he hoaaloha a hoa hana nui hoʻi, ʻo Neil Gudmestad, he polofesa hoʻomaha no nā mea kanu lāʻau ma North Dakota State University, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua hala ka hanohano no Carter. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ia i kā Carter ʻimi mau ʻana e loaʻa nā pane a lilo i ulu ulu maikaʻi aʻe, ʻoiaʻiʻo nō ia mai kona mau lā ʻōpio i ka ʻoihana.
"Hoʻomaopopo wau i kona wā ʻaʻole he kanaka a aia ʻo ia ma ka hui mea kanu ʻuala ʻo Red River Valley i ka makahiki i Fargo, ND, a ua hāʻawi wau i kahi hōʻike," hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia. "He haki kēia a ua nīnau wale ʻo Milt iaʻu i nā nīnau he 100, i hiki ʻole ai iaʻu ke hele i kahi kīʻaha kope." ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike ʻo wai ʻo Carter i ia manawa, akā ʻike nā mea āpau iā ia i kēia lā, wahi a Gudmestad. Ua mahalo ʻo Carter no ka hanohano a me ka poʻe āna e hana pū ana. Ke noʻonoʻo nei i kāna ʻoihana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Milt Packer ʻaʻole ia he hana. "Ua neʻe wau i kahi lita, akā ʻo kēia koʻu ola a ʻo kēia kaʻu e hauʻoli nei e hana."
E hoʻokipa ka Packer i kahi kāhea wikiō e ʻae ai i nā hoa aloha ʻoihana potato e hoʻomaikaʻi iā Carter no ka ʻike, me nā kikoʻī e hoʻokuʻu koke ʻia.