Ben Marshall farms with his father in south central Idaho in the Jerome area. He is a fifth-generation farmer raising sugarbeets, malt barley, corn, alfalfa seed and carrot seed on 1600 irrigated acres. He and his wife, Samantha, have 2 boys.

Ben serves on the board of the Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association as well as the executive committee of the Snake River Sugarbeet Research and Seed Alliance.