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Meet Some of the LAY’S® Potato Farmers

Established in 1938, LAY'S® potato chips are made from real, farm-grown potatoes. And for nearly 90 years, LAY'S® has partnered with dedicated farmers to grow them with care. LAY'S® proudly works with 100+ North American farms, each with its own unique story.

Below we’ll introduce you to a handful of the farms and farmers behind our iconic yellow bag. Because without our farmers' commitment to growing the very best potatoes, there’d be no LAY'S®.

Farms

Walther Farms

Garden City, KS

Leonard Walther Sr. and his wife Regina began Walther Farms in Michigan during the 1940s. What began as a small backyard vegetable garden, blossomed into a third-generation, family-owned farm made up of over 18,000 acres of potato fields.

Walther Farms has been growing potatoes for LAY'S® since 1975.
Here’s to another 50 years – and beyond.

“Knowing that our potatoes end up in that iconic yellow chip bag, there’s a lot of pride there.”

– Josh Machicek

Neumiller Farms

Savanna, IL

Neumiller Farms is a third-generation potato and vegetable farm run by father and daughter team Tom Neumiller and Katie Floming. The duo grows over 3,500 acres of potatoes in Illinois each year with the mission “to do the job right with every crop, every load, every day.”

Neumiller Farms has been growing potatoes for almost as long as LAY'S® has been a company, starting in 1944 – just six years after the brand was founded. By 1955, they started growing potatoes for LAY'S®. We look forward to another 70 years together.

“Growing potatoes is unique. You need the right soil, the right ground, the right people.”

– Tom Neumiller

Wray Farms

Moreland, ID

Berkley Wray took over Wray Farms from his father, James, and now runs it with his son, Jeremy. Together with their wives, Connie and Meredith, they are training the fourth generation: Hunter, Ella, Lucy,Will, and Ruby. Hunter, at 15, is already passionate about farming, just like his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.

LAY'S® has enjoyed a nearly 50-year partnership with Wray Farms, and we look forward to continuing this longstanding relationship.

“These chips don't just come from the factory. [The potatoes] were grown with care and concern. They started with the ground, the water, the sunlight.”

– Berkley Wray

Singleton & Sons Farms

Hastings, FL

Singleton & Sons Farms is a third-generation farm in Hastings, Florida that was founded by James Singleton. After a career in teaching, James returned to farming, buying 80 acres and selling his first crop of potatoes to LAY'S® in 1980. His son, Steve, joined him, and today, Steve, his wife April, and their sons Stephen, Lane, and Brett run the now 700-acre farm.

LAY'S® has been working with Singleton & Sons Farms since 1980, and we look forward to working together for many generations to come.

“The potato requires a lot more attention. It’s alittle bit different because the fruit of that crop is underground. You can’t walk by and look at it. You can look at the plant, but you’ve got to dig up the plant, look at the roots underneath, and you really can’t tell what type of crop you’ve got until the harvesters hit the fields.”

– Steve Singleton

CSS Farms

Dalhart, TX

In 1986, Milt Carter and brothers Randy and Brad Spevak came together to grow and harvest their first field of potatoes in South Dakota. The very next year, they created CSS Farms – a combination of their last initials. For nearly four decades, CSS Farms has used the motto “Committed to Excellence” to become one of the top chip potato growers in the United States.

CSS Farms has partnered with LAY'S® since 1990, but this is only the beginning of our journey together.

“The most rewarding part is during harvest, seeing all the effort that we put into growing a crop and seeing it actually come out of the ground and turn into a potato chip.”

– John Scheuring

Growing the Next Generation

Over the next two years, LAY'S® and its parent company’s foundation are planning to invest more than $1 million in the United States to help the next generation of farmers. The multi-year investment will support the next generation of U.S. farmers, ranchers and agricultural leaders via multiple initiatives to help pave the path for a strong and innovative future for American agriculture.