Walther Farms

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Company Description

Walther Farms is a 3rd generation family owned (potato) supplier of the potato industry headquartered in the Southwest region of Michigan.

Beginning in the 1940’s, the company expanded from a few vegetable acres of backyard hobby farming, to what has now become over 12,000 acres of commercial and seed potatoes grown throughout the United States for the potato chip and fresh table stock markets.

Walther Farm operations are located in the southwest and central regions of Michigan, southern Illinois/Indiana, Nebraska and Colorado, the panhandle and mid sections of Florida.

High quality seed potatoes are grown in isolated areas of both the northern Lower Peninsula and eastern region of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Product Types offered by this company

- Potato Supply Chain
- - Potatoes

News for this Company

July 17, 2016

Michigan Potato Industry Commission appointments, re-appointments

On July 15, Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan announced a series of appointments and re-appointments to the Michigan Potato Industry Commission

Crews work on the piping system necessary to siphon up to 9.6 billion gallons of water needed annually to irrigate Walther Farms (Kim Foster Tobin).

February 01, 2014

Walther Farms reaches agreement with environmental group on water withdrawal from Edisto River

After months of disputes, a South Carolina river conservation group has reached a legal settlement with a Michigan-based Walther Farms over the company’s plans to siphon water from the South Fork of the Edisto River.

June 13, 2012

Potato farms sprout in Georgia

The US State Georgia is known for its peaches, its poultry, its peanuts and pecans — but not so much for its potatoes. However, at least two farming operations in Decatur County have made potatoes a successful crop.