Agricultural cooperative serving farmers and retailers with feed, inputs, and agtech.
Land O'Lakes operates as a farmer- and ag retailer-owned cooperative with a manufacturing-heavy footprint (116 active manufacturing roles) and a legacy tech stack anchored in SAP, JD Edwards, and Hyperion Essbase—now actively replacing SAP. The hiring velocity is accelerating across manufacturing and sales, yet the project list (feed trials, plant construction, dealer efficiency) reveals a business still optimizing internal operations rather than shipping new digital products; only 10 engineering roles active suggests product-driven innovation remains a secondary lever compared to operational scaling.
Notable leadership hires: Business Development Lead, Assistant Team Lead, Business Lead, Engineering Director
Land O'Lakes, Inc. is a farmer- and ag retailer-owned cooperative founded in 1921, headquartered in Arden Hills, Minnesota. The company manufactures and distributes agricultural products, animal feed and nutrition solutions, and agtech services to farmers and agricultural retailers across North America. With 5,001–10,000 employees, the organization operates manufacturing plants, regional sales networks, and logistics infrastructure. Land O'Lakes serves its member-owners—the farmers and retailers who collectively own the cooperative—and competes in foodservice and broader agricultural supply-chain markets.
Core systems: SAP, JD Edwards, Salesforce, Workday, Snowflake, Power BI, and AutoCAD. Manufacturing-specific tools include SCADA, MES, and PLC systems. Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Teams, SharePoint) are standard. Land O'Lakes is actively replacing SAP.
Current initiatives include feed trial launches, plant construction and process equipment projects, dealer efficiency programs, product launches, and field events. Internal focus spans process upgrades, facility compliance, and logistics coordination.
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