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The Land O'Lakes co-op has grown through numerous acquisitions, and now has a large business in farm supply in addition to dairy: In 1978, Land O'Lakes got into the meatpacking business with the purchase of Spencer Beef. [6] It sold Spencer Beef in 1983 to Excel, now Cargill Meat Solutions. [7]
In 1993, the Sterling Group of Houston led a leveraged buyout of Purina Mills. In 1998, it was purchased by Koch Industries, but a U.S. bankruptcy court cancelled out all equity held by Koch to maintain the company's viability. Purina Mills was purchased by Land O'Lakes in 2001. [2]
Ralston Purina Company was a St. Louis, Missouri,–based American conglomerate with substantial holdings in animal feed, food, pet food, consumer products, and entertainment. On December 12, 2001, it merged with Swiss food-giant Nestlé's Friskies division to form Nestlé Purina PetCare Company .
The EPA and the Hershey Company gave $2 million to Land O’Lakes member farms in Pennsylvania. “I like to mention that 18% to 19% of the population lives in rural America, and they comprise 47% ...
For the company to continue churning, 4,000 production employees must be in Land O’Lakes plants and warehouses each day. Desk-job workers have significantly more leeway, but Dewberry remains ...
Dean Foods was an American food and beverage company and the largest dairy company in the United States. [3] The company's products included milk, ice cream, dairy products, cheese, juice, and teas. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It processed milk in the United States under a number of regional and national brands. [ 6 ]
Ford, who became the first openly gay female CEO of a Fortune 500 company when she took over Land O’Lakes in 2018, is No. 26 on this year’s list of the Most Powerful Women in business.
A Land O'Lakes processing plant in Kiel, Wisconsin. Land O'Lakes – a member-owned agricultural cooperative based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb of Arden Hills, Minnesota [5] [6] Louis Trauth Dairy; Leprino Foods