Price Farms LLC

Our Past 

Price Farms was started By James Truman Price in 1966. Truman started out his farming career in Texas during the year 1955. In 1965 he discovered 280 acres of farm land for sale in Colorado which he purchased. He moved to the San Luis Valley in 1966 to start Price Farms.  When he arrived in Colorado he was the only employee he could afford and his available equipment was: 1 tractor, 1 harvester, 1 piler, 1 truck, and 2 old planters.

In 1972 Truman was able to buy a new 4 row planter that allowed him to greatly improve his production. Due to the successful year he was able to expand the farm by purchasing his own storage space and new plots of land.

 In 1973 Truman started Price Farms first certified seed program. The Program was only able to last until 1976 due to the fact that Truman did not have the proper storage facilities to produce the quality of seed that he desired.

In 1987 Truman's Oldest son Kent took an active role in the operation of the farms daily activities. Kent was a graduate from Adams State with a major in Industrial Arts.

In 1993 Duane, Truman's other son, began assisting his father and brother in running the farm. He was also a graduate from Adams State College with a degree in business.

Following the additions of both Kent and Duane, Price Farms began to take a drastic turn towards the positive. Several new plots of land were purchased, New and improved equipment was acquired, tactics and science began to greatly improve the quality of the crops, and Storage facilities were greatly improved and their numbers increased.

In the year 2000 Truman, Kent and Duane made the decision to restart the certified seed program within the farm. They reached this conclusion based on the facts that their storage facilities, new equipment, and ability to properly produce a quality product, had greatly improved since the attempt in 1973. 

In the year 2008 Truman retired.  When Truman left, the farm it consisted of 2,240 acres of land had, 6 tractors, 8 trucks, several other equipment for seed, planting, and harvesting, and the farm also employed 52 full time and part time employees yearly.

Today

Today the farm is Co-managed by both Kent and Duane. The farm has been selling certified seed for over a decade and has become very proficient in the production and sell of the young generation potato .

The farm consists of 2,240 Acres, and employees up to 50 full time and part time employees a year. The production, and quality  of the  certified seed and the satisfaction of their business partners  is an area where both Price's take extreme pride.

Both Price's take extreme joy in their families. Kent and his wife Lorena have been married for 24 years and have 4 children. Scott(23) now serves as a Lieutenant in the US Army. Chad(22) has just recently graduated from CSU with a major in soil science. Andrew(19) attends Adams state college and plays on the school's basketball team. Hannah(16) currently attends Sargent High School.  

Duane's and his wife Mary have 6 kids; Chelsea(11), Justin(9),Aiden(6),Aaron(4),and their newly born twin boys Jacob and Corwyn. All of their children that attend school do so at Sargent High School.