Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was 1979 when potato king J.R. Simplot built a 7,370-square-foot, Mediterranean-style mansion atop a prominent hill in the ...

The agricultural company J.R. Simplot Company, one of the largest potato producers in the world, struck a deal with the developers of a specific gene editing technology. That tech will allow Simplot ...

Simplot, a privately held agribusiness, and Spensa Technologies, an agricultural services company, announced today that the companies have entered into a multi-year partnership to build the Simplot ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says two high-profile genetically engineered foods - Simplot's low acrylamide 'Innate' potatoes, and Okanagan Specialty Fruit's non-browning 'Arctic' apples – ...

Potential benefits for growers and consumers include less food waste and improved yields BOISE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The J.R. Simplot Company announced today it has entered a strategic alliance ...

US agri-food group JR Simplot has agreed to acquire Belgian potato-processing company Clarebout Potatoes for an undisclosed sum. The deal, which is expected to be finalised by the end of the year, ...

The J.R. Simplot Company and Plant Sciences Inc., have announced a strategic partnership to bring the first commercially gene-edited strawberry to supermarkets. The alliance plans to leverage the gene ...

WORKERS at Simplot’s Devonport factory will strike for four hours on Friday as the vegetable processor holds firm over pay negotiations. Simplot — Tasmania’s last remaining vegetable processor — has ...

DOES the American Dream come with fries or hash browns? In Jack Simplot's version, it came with both. Starting out at 14 with little education and only $80 from his mother, Mr Simplot died a ...