Long before Micron Technology was one of the hottest commodities in the artificial-intelligence trade, it received $1 million from a potato tycoon named J.R. Simplot. Simplot, who died in 2008, ...

The Klaus Thiessen Award has been in existence since 2014, but it had never gone to an agribusiness — until this year. Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corp. President and CEO Keith Lund, left, ...

Two longtime employees of J.R. Simplot Co. took on the Boise-based potato giant over its COVID-19 vaccine policy. But they didn’t get the outcome they were seeking. Howard Skidmore and Sarah Dance had ...

EAST GRAND FORKS – After decades of trying to obtain a parcel of land owned by the J.R. Simplot Company, current and former East Grand Forks city officials alike are hopeful that the land exchange ...

This December the public will have an opportunity to provide their thoughts to county Planning and Zoning officials regarding a proposed Simplot retail facility along the Lewisville Highway near ...

Named as one Idaho’s wealthiest men in Idaho, Scott Simplot is the son of J.R. Simplot, the founder of agriculture company J.R. Simplot Company. Simplot began serving on the board of the company in ...

Credit: Alpha Studio 03/Shutterstock. A strike at Belgium’s Clarebout Potatoes, which is in the throes of a takeover by US-based JR Simplot, has entered a fifth day. The industrial action across ...

BOISE, Idaho — The J.R. Simplot Co. has changed its name and structure to align with its operating business groups. The Simplot Co. is a new global parent holding company for all Simplot-affiliated ...

CALDWELL — Community members and leaders including farmers, executives, and generations of the Simplot family gathered on Friday afternoon to celebrate the agribusiness retail company’s 80 years of ...