Rural communities in South Dakota lost the potential for growth in local employment, housing and economic development generated by agricultural processing plants. "Historically, for some reason ...

The expansion will increase capacity at the Cavendish Farms potato processing plant in Jamestown, North Dakota, from 410 million pounds of production annually to 450 million pounds. A group of ...

He noted that of the potatoes grown for processing, which is the vast majority of Washington’s crop, some 95% of those spuds are grown on contract. That means farmers and companies like Simplot ...

Potatoes being processed at McCain Foods plant in Florencveille-Bristol. (Credit: Submitted) Two Canadian frozen food giants are accused of being part of a potato cartel that fixed prices on certain ...

Two Canadian frozen food giants are accused of being part of a potato cartel that fixed prices on certain products in the United States for years. McCain Foods Ltd. and Cavendish Farms Corp., along ...

The fourth annual Simplot Potato Grower Awards Banquet took place Thursday night and Simplot agronomy manager Scott Graham says it acknowledges and shows appreciation to their growers on an annual ...

The prices of frozen potato products—dominated by four companies—increased 47% in just two years, alleges one lawsuit.

This includes Eagle-based frozen potato company Lamb Weston and Boise agribusiness company J.R. Simplot, as well as Canadian companies McCain Foods and Cavendish Farms. Govea’s suit also named the ...

and J.R. Simplot Co., as well as an industry association called the National Potato ... In Canada, Cavendish Farms sources potatoes from farmers in Prince Edward Island and Alberta and operates potato ...

The epicenter of potato production in Eastern Idaho is Bingham County. The combination of warm days, cool nights, volcanic soil, and a good supply of water foster ideal conditions to grow Idaho ...

and J.R. Simplot Co., as well as an industry ... Govea who is identified as a buyer of retail frozen potato products — alleges the major processing companies have a "direct line of communication ...

and J.R. Simplot Co., as well as an industry association ... in Prince Edward Island and Alberta and operates potato processing plants in both provinces. This report by The Canadian Press was ...