A large-scale Northwest farmer claims in a new lawsuit to have bought out full ownership of a Washington processing facility from his partner, the J.R. Simplot Co. Simplot, however, characterizes the ...

SEATTLE (CN) – J.R. Simplot, the country’s largest supplier of fresh potatoes tried to convince the Ninth Circuit on Monday that a business partner improperly took over a vegetable processor without ...

J.R. Simplot is asking a federal judge to appoint a third party to take control of Pasco Processing and Gem State Processing, alleging mismanagement has put the companies on a path to bankruptcy. File ...

A former Pasco, WA, vegetable processing plant shut down last year after a deadly Listeria outbreak is reopening under new ownership and a new name. The plant was owned by CRF Frozen Foods and is set ...

SEATTLE (CN) – Agribusiness giant J. R. Simplot is seeking receivership over two of its vegetable suppliers, claiming mismanagement of the $400-million-grossing companies threatens 2,000 jobs and ...