Land O'Lakes: Company Profile & Valuation

Land O'Lakes is an American member-owned agricultural cooperative focused on the dairy industry, selling dairy foods, animal nutrition and seed and crop protection products. Its dairy foods business, including brands sold under the Land O'Lakes name such as its butter and Fresh Buttery Taste Spread, is one of the largest producers of butter and cheese in the United States; its Purina Animal Nutrition (Purina Mills) business serves producers and animal owners through more than 4,700 local cooperatives and dealers; and its WinField United business delivers seed, crop protection and agronomic insights to 1,300 cooperative and independent agricultural retailers.

Founded on July 8, 1921 in Saint Paul by representatives of 320 cooperative creameries, Land O'Lakes is based in Arden Hills, Minnesota, has about 9,000 employees, and processes and distributes products for roughly 300,000 agricultural producers, handling 12 billion pounds of milk a year.

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Land O'Lakes is an American member-owned agricultural cooperative focused on the dairy industry, selling dairy foods, animal nutrition and seed and crop protection products.

Land O'Lakes is private, so its shares are not available on public markets.

Land O'Lakes operates out of United States.

Land O'Lakes launched in 1921.