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J.R. Simplot

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The J. R. Simplot Company is one of the largest privately held food and agribusiness companies in the United States.

Simplot's products include animal feed, feed ingredients, agricultural fertilizers, turf fertilizers, herbicides and combinations, spreaders, tees, greens, seeds, and grass.

The company offers food products, such as avocado, fruits, potatoes, vegetables, vegetable blends, French fries, and potato products
It's industrial products include sulfuric acids, phosphoric acids, anhydrous ammonia, nitric acid, and sulfate, as well as silica.

Founded in 1929, J.R. Simplot Company is headquartered in Boise, Idaho and has operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and China, marketing products to more than 40 countries worldwide.

Revenue of the J. R. Simplot Company is estimated at USD 6 Billion (2017).

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News for this Company

Will Simplot's Innate GMO Potato Take Off? McDonald's Has Spoken
November 18, 2014

Will Simplot's Innate GMO Potato Take Off? McDonald's Has Spoken

If the Innate GMO potato is going to take off, depends on Simplot winning over three major factions, Farmers, big buyers such as McDonald's and the Consumer
USDA approves Simplot's Innate GM potatoes
November 09, 2014

USDA approves Simplot's Innate GM potatoes

A potato genetically engineered to reduce the amounts of a potentially harmful ingredient in French fries and potato chips has been approved for commercial planting, the Department of Agriculture announced on Friday.
Himalya Gujarat plant
August 06, 2014

Himalya International terminating joint venture with Simplot

Himalya International Ltd, a food processing firm based in India, is terminating its frozen foods joint venture (JV) with US-based J R Simplot Company, as per a stock market disclosure.
Innate potatoes show less discoloration after cutting
July 14, 2014

National Potato Council submits Comments in Support of Simplot's Innate Technology

As part of the second and final public environmental assessment comment period for the J.R. Simplot Company's petition to deregulate its biotech Innate™ 1.0 potatoes, the National Potato Council submitted comments to the Federal Register noting that the technology 'could effectively address key production and processing issues facing the potato industry.'