The newly approved potato is a milestone in the agbiotech industry because it was developed by a company outside the small club of multinational traders that dominate the biotech crop market. “This ...

BOISE, Idaho -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co.'s new genetically modified potato. But one of the company's oldest business partners -- McDonald's -- ...

FARGO, N.D. - Twenty years after scientists at North Dakota State University were among the first to conduct genetically modified potato research trials in the U.S., J.R. Simplot Co. has received U.S.

BOISE – A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds. This month, tuber processing giant J.R.

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A demonstration field of a new potato, genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine, grows at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., in 2013. Nico ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co.'s new genetically modified potato. But one of the company's oldest business partners ...