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 ...

BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho company that successfully brought genetically modified potatoes to the market announced an agreement Thursday to help a California-based plant breeding company grow ...

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI)– Simplot celebrated the 80th anniversary of the opening of their Pocatello Don Plant with an event on Tuesday. The Don Plant processes phosphate ore and produces fertilizers ...

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 ...

BOISE A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds. This month, tuber processing giant J.R.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Construction on a $70 million project in Boise designed to honor Idaho business icon J.R. Simplot could begin by the end of the year, a Simplot Co. spokesman said. A Simplot team ...

In 2023, the J.R. Simplot Company (Simplot) estimated 1,000 — 1,500 cubic yards (201,974 — 302,961 gallons) of phosphate ore slurry (powdered ore mixed with water and transported by pipeline) leaked ...

BOISE, Idaho, July 13, 2023 (ENS) – J.R. Simplot Company, a fertilizer manufacturer based in Boise, has reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Justice Department and the Environmental Protection ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Federal land managers have released a final plan for a phosphate mine with five open pits as well as reclamation work in eastern Idaho proposed by Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Company.

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) - The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the J.R. Simplot Company signed a memorandum of agreement on June 28, outlining ways they plan to work cooperatively ...

BOISE Idaho Area McDonald's units here reportedly gave away French fries on Monday to honor the memory of J.R. Simplot, whose company developed the frozen fry. Simplot died last week at age 99. The ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal land managers have released a final plan for a phosphate mine with five open pits as well as reclamation work in eastern Idaho proposed by Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Company.