Simplot

Simplot has acquired gene editing licensing rights that could one day be used to help farmers produce more crops and make grocery store offerings such as strawberries, potatoes and avocados stay fresher longer.  Boise-based Simplot announced Monday an agreement with DowDuPont Inc. and...

The CEO of J.R. Simplot Co. has announced his retirement.  The Idaho-based company announced recently that Bill Whitacre will step down from his top post in August after serving the company for the past 18 years.  He has been the company's CEO since 2009, where he helped expand Simplot's international footprint and boosted revenues from $4.5 billion to $...

A Smiplot Feeders beef cattle lot in Wallula has agreed to pay a Washington Department of Ecology fine as well as invest in a project that reduces small-particle pollution.   In 2015, the DOE fined Simplot $50,000 for failing to manage air pollution, which included dust and dried manure.  DO...

Despite rumors to the contrary, Simplot is not closing its facilities in Othello or Moses Lake.  Ken Dey with Simplot’s Boise office says the ag giant is looking at a new additional plant SE of Pasco.  He told the Washington Ag Network the opening of such a facility is still well down the road, and right now, they are working with Walla Walla County on zoning requirements for existing Simplot prop

A cattle harvest and processing plant first announced by partners Caviness Beef Packers and J.R. Simplot Co. in early 2015 has opened for business in Kuna, ID.  The opening is about six months after the scheduled opening.  The CS Beef Packers joint venture near Boise is a 370,000-sq.-ft. faci...

Two major french fry producers are facing a court battle over a new twisty fry design.  According to the Twin Falls Times-News, the J.R. Simplot company filed has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against McCain Foods.  The Boise based Simplot claims the competitor copied Simplot's idea for a twisty french fry.   ...