Land O'Lakes

Land O'Lakes was founded on July 8, 1921, in Saint Paul, Minnesota by representatives from 320 collaborative creameries as the Minnesota Cooperative Creameries Association. This organization aims to improve the marketing and quality of butter, and thus increase the profitability of dairy farming.

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an American member-owned agricultural cooperative headquartered in Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb of Arden Hills, Minnesota, USA, focused primarily on the dairy industry. The cooperative has 1,959 production members, 751 cooperative members, and about 10,000 workers who process and distribute products to about 300,000 agricultural households, handling 12 billion pounds of milk annually. The company is ranked third in the list of 100 cooperatives and mutants of the National Cooperative Bank. Co-op is one of the largest cheese and butter producers in the United States through its dairy food business; serves animal producers, owners and their families through more than 4,700 local cooperatives, independent dealers and other major retailers through Purina Animal Nutrition (Purina Mills) business. It also supplies seeds, crop protection products, and agricultural services to 1,300 agro-retailers, locally owned and operated cooperatives and their growing clientele through WinField United's business.

Website: https://www.landolakes.com/
Headquarter: Arden Hills, Minnesota, U.S

Annual production: 13.5 million metric tons