It was 1979 when potato king J.R. Simplot built a 7,370-square-foot, Mediterranean-style mansion atop a prominent hill in the Boise Highlands. Although the mansion has since been demolished, Simplot’s ...

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This story was updated Tuesday, April 1, to add two paragraphs of comment from the city of Boise. Change may be coming soon to Simplot Hill, the site just off Bogus Basin Road where the mansion ...

A JR Simplot potato processing facility in Caldwell, Idaho in 2020. Photo: txking/Shutterstock The market for frozen potatoes is hot — and Boise-based Simplot is making a bet likely valued at billions ...

Health Canada has notified J.R. Simplot Company (Simplot) that it has no objection to the food use of Simplot Innate® potato event Gen2-Z6. The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of this ...

Portage la Prairie residents will see even more community-led projects supported this year thanks to a renewed partnership between Simplot Canada and the Community Foundation of Portage and District ...

One of the most energy-efficient facilities in the world is just next door to Portage la Prairie at the J.R. Simplot facility. They're enjoying that status as a result of cooperation with Efficiency ...

Farmers have rejected a second price offer made by food manufacturer Simplot for their potato crop this season. Spuds are more costly to grow in Australia than the powerhouse of productivity in the US ...

G-Mac's AgTeam is an Agronomy and Crop Inputs company with 15 Saskatchewan locations, including 10 right here in West Central Saskatchewan. CEO of G-Mac's Garth MacDonald said in statement yesterday ...

It will take time for the buyer of the Simplot fertilizer plant in Brandon to decide what changes are in order, but the plant’s use of natural gas will come under the microscope. Koch Nitrogen ...