A different kind of company.
In 1921, 320 dairy farmers met in St. Paul, Minnesota, to form the Minnesota Cooperative Creameries Association. Their idea was simple—join together to effectively market and distribute members’ dairy production across the country.
From there, we quickly set our sights on growth. Just eight years after establishing our butter marketing organization, we expanded into the ag services and feed businesses. Our international journey kicked off 52 years later, as we began relaying the lessons we'd learned to support local agriculture in developing nations around the world. Those efforts have also helped us expand our commercial business beyond the borders of the United States.
Today, our four businesses give us a farm-to-fork view of agriculture. Pair this with our farmer ownership and we're uniquely qualified to fulfill our purpose of feeding human progress around the world, while always delivering on our responsibility to member-owners through our core values. We're united in a common cause, committed to excellence and inspired by our place in the world—but there are no shortcuts. We've never lost sight of the value of a hard day's work.
The Corporate division encompasses the core operational support for all Land O’Lakes businesses. It includes Corporate Strategy, Corporate Communications, Land O’Lakes Foundation and Community Relations, Finance, Law, Member Relations, Facilities, Event Strategy, Security, Human Resources, Information Technology, Corporate Marketing and Government Relations.
The Government Relations Manager will lead management and advancement of federal affairs policy and coordinating our grassroots engagement at the federal level. This role is based in DC and includes developing relationships with 50-60 offices on Capitol hill and staff assigned to key Committees.
It also includes attending trade association meetings, attending Land o’ Lakes PAC events, and leading coordination of our communications to members and staff. This role also works with member relations, community relations, sustain and international development to engage our grassroots members in DC events such as NMPF Policy Conference and NCFC policy conference.
Additionally, this role leads organization of our annual Member Leadership DC Fly in and our Board of Directors Meeting in DC every other year.