Articles tagged under: Land O’Lakes

Beth Ford: A Storm is Gathering in American Agriculture

Published August 21, 2025

Land O’Lakes President and CEO Beth Ford is sounding the alarm over the farm economy. In an editorial in Time magazine, Ford said less than five percent of farms will be profitable this year. That’s a scenario that has happened…
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Land O’Lakes Reports Annual Financials

Published March 24, 2025

Land O’Lakes finished the 2024 fiscal year with profits of $238 million, down from $254 million one year ago. The WinField United crop inputs business totaled $166 million, a decline of 28 percent. The dairy foods business has an annual…
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Advocating for Minnesota’s Food and Farm Sector

Published February 1, 2025

The Minnesota AgriGrowth Council has elected its executive committee. AMPI President and CEO Sheryl Meshke was reelected as the AgriGrowth chair. The vice-chair is CHS director of state government affairs Jake Hamlin. The treasurer is Beth Sparboe Schnell, CEO, Sparboe…
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Land O’Lakes Hires McBay

Published August 14, 2024

Land O’Lakes has named Dion McBay as its director of retail growth services. Most recently, McBay was the vice president of sales for Valent USA. Previously, McBay worked for Bayer Crop Science and Monsanto.
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Co-op 100 Released for ’23

Published October 17, 2023

CHS remains the largest cooperative in the United States with revenues of $47.8 billion in 2022. Dairy Farmers of America is a distant second with annual revenue of $24.5 billion. The National Cooperative Bank lists the top 100 cooperative businesses…
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Dairy Talk

Published August 22, 2023

Dairy replacement heifers are a valuable component of a dairy operation. Adequate and consistent vitamin and trace mineral nutrition is important to help support optimal growth, health, immunity, reproduction and hoof integrity. Melissa Holz, technical calf nutrition and business manager,…
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Glaeser Steps Down

Published October 13, 2022

The Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation has begun the search for a new public policy director. Amber Glaeser, who has been with Minnesota Farm Bureau for ten years, has accepted a position as the state government affairs director at Land O’Lakes.
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Record Sales for Land O’Lakes

Published March 2, 2022

Land O’Lakes is reporting record net sales of $16 billion for 2021. Net income totals $295 million, up from $266 million one year earlier. The crop inputs division had significant volume increases. Feed volumes were up, but earnings were down…
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