J R Simplot: fertilisers, farm advice and potato processing
Family-owned J R Simplot of Boise, Idaho: fertilisers, Simplot Grower Solutions farm advice, potato and food processing, farming and livestock.
Family-owned US group from Boise, Idaho, combining farming and livestock with fertiliser manufacturing, farm advice and potato and food processing.
United States · Family owned and privately held
The J R Simplot Company is a family-owned group headquartered in Boise, Idaho. It grew out of a one-man farming operation started in 1929 and has been family owned and privately held ever since. Today it brings farming and livestock operations, fertiliser manufacturing and food processing together in one group, with business areas that include food, agriculture, livestock, turf and horticulture, and mining and manufacturing.
For farms, Simplot works at both ends of the chain. On the input side it makes fertilisers and supplies crop nutrition, while Simplot Grower Solutions provides inputs and agronomic advice to growers. On the output side it processes potatoes and other farm produce into food. A nutrition programme is usually built on soil analysis, so that fertiliser rates match what a field actually needs, and growers supplying crops work to quality specifications, collection schedules and agreed payment terms for each delivery.
Size of the business
Simplot reports more than 18,000 employees worldwide, a figure that covers its food and agricultural operations as a whole rather than fertiliser manufacturing alone.
What does J R Simplot Company offer?
Simplot makes fertilisers and crop nutrition products, provides inputs and agronomic advice through Simplot Grower Solutions, processes potatoes and other foods, and runs its own agricultural production.
How should a buyer make contact?
Simplot is organised by country and business unit, and its website lists the relevant local contacts. An enquiry that states the intended application, the scale of the project and the timing required gets the quickest useful answer.
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