About Our Company

Land O’Lakes, Inc. is a national, farmer-owned food and agricultural cooperative with $12 billion in sales for 2008. The company does business in all 50 states and more than 50 countries. It is a leading marketer of a full line of dairy-based consumer, foodservice and food ingredient products across the United States; serves its international customers with a variety of food and animal feed ingredients; and provides farmers and ranchers with an extensive line of agricultural supplies (feed, seed, and crop protection products) and services. Land O’Lakes also provides agricultural assistance and technical training in more than 25 developing nations.

Our Corporate Structure

Land O’Lakes, Inc. is incorporated as a cooperative corporation. Cooperatives resemble traditional corporations with two primary distinctions:
 

• A cooperative’s shareholders, referred as “members” supply raw materials (i.e. milk) and/or purchase its goods and services (i.e. Feed).
• A cooperative ratably allocates its earnings from member business to its members based upon the amount of business conducted by each member.