‘All hands on deck.’ National news program features local farmers, workers in spud harvest story

BLACKFOOT — The nation knows more about spud harvest as “CBS Sunday Morning” aired a story Sunday featuring Idaho’s famous potatoes and some local faces.

A crew from the national news program recently spent time in Bingham County with farmer Brian Murdoch and several of his workers.

The story detailed how potatoes are harvested and the importance of having teenagers help during spud break.

Watch the report in the video player above.