Sun
Valley Potato Growers, Inc.
Potato
Growers Cooperative
Sun
Valley Potato Growers, Inc. is an Idaho potato farmer cooperative.
It
is the only grower-owned potato cooperative in Idaho that owns
and operates a packing and sales facility. The cooperative is
located in Minidoka County in the heart of the Magic Valley
of Southern Idaho.
Sun
Valley Potato Growers, Inc. has
approximately 20 growers in Southern Idaho supplying approximately
2.6 million/cwt. of Norkotah, Russet Burbank and Western Russet
potatoes to the plant. The potatoes are then packed and sold
on the fresh market.
By
owning their fresh pack processing plant, this cooperative creates
a situation that brings the grower and the staff together to
produce a premium product - the Idaho Potato.
The
perfect soil and growing conditions along with the proximity
of water sources being fed by the melting snow from towering
mountain ranges make the Magic Valley of Southern Idaho the
greatest potato growing region in the world.
"Sun
Valley Potato Growers, Inc. will enhance its member's profitability
through effective marketing of their potato products. This
mission will be accomplished through a combination of cost
effective and efficient packaging operations, strategic partnerships
and alliances, and superior marketing approaches which establish
us as our customer's preferred supplier. Through execution
of this mission, customers, staff, and members will share
the fruits of success."