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| Company type | Agricultural cooperative |
|---|---|
| Industry | Food and agriculture |
| Founded | July 8, 1921 |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Key people | |
| Products | Dairy foods, animal nutrition, seed and crop protection |
| Revenue | $14.9 billion (2018)[1] |
| Members | 3,963 farmer-owners (2017) |
Number of employees | 9,000[2] |
| Website | landolakesinc.com |
Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an American member-owned agricultural cooperative based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb of Arden Hills, Minnesota, United States,[2] focusing on the dairy industry. The cooperative has 1,959 direct producer-members, 751 member-cooperatives, and about 9,000 employees who process and distribute products for about 300,000 agricultural producers,[3] handling 12 billion pounds of milk annually.[4] It is ranked third on the National Cooperative Bank Co-op 100 list of mutuals and cooperatives.[5] The co-op is one of the largest producers of butter and cheese in the United States through its dairy foods business; serves producers, animal owners and their families through more than 4,700 local cooperatives, independent dealers and other large retailers through its Purina Animal Nutrition (Purina Mills) business; and delivers seed, crop protection products, agricultural services and agronomic insights to 1,300 locally owned and operated cooperative and independent agricultural retailers and their grower customers through its WinField United business.
- ^ "2018 Earnings Release". Land O' Lakes Inc.
- ^ a b "Fortune 500: Land O' Lakes". Fortune. Archived from the original on November 24, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
- ^ Land O' Lakes Annual report
- ^ "Welcome to Land O'Lakes, Inc". Archived from the original on July 19, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
- ^ "2022 NCB Co-op 100" (PDF). www.ncb.coop/. National Cooperative Bank. Retrieved December 13, 2023.