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ARDEN HILLS, Minn., June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With almost 1 billion people suffering from chronic hunger and more than 3.5 million children dying from under-nutrition each year, agricultural and food companies must deliver the needed innovations to sustainability produce more food with fewer resources in order to feed a growing global population. That was a message delivered by Land O'Lakes President and CEO Chris Policinski today during the "Future of Food -- Food Security...

ARDEN HILLS, Minn., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Land O'Lakes President and CEO Chris Policinski this week participated in two panels sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Washington, D.C. The panels focused on critical issues affecting food security, including climate change, as well as the changing landscape for development assistance. Called "Frontiers in Development," the forum was held in Washington, D.C., and featured some of the...

SHUANGCHENG, China, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Nestle (Euronext: NESTS) today held the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dairy Farming Institute, which will support the sustainable development and the accelerated modernization of the dairy industry in China. The groundbreaking follows an announcement Nestle made in January, in which the company committed to transform Shuangcheng, one of its largest fresh milk supply bases in China, into the country's benchmark for dairy...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NetSuite SuiteWorld 2012 -- NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, today announced continued worldwide momentum for the adoption of its cloud business management solutions, with leading enterprise organizations such as Land O'Lakes, Girl Scouts of the USA, Procter and Gamble, and PT. Prisma Resources deploying NetSuite cloud solutions to manage rapid growth and global...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NetSuite SuiteWorld 2012 -- NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, today announced that Land O'Lakes, one of America's premier member-owned cooperatives, has committed to NetSuite OneWorld to eliminate disparate systems, streamline operations, and power international growth. While the corporate headquarters is utilizing Oracle's® JD Edwards EnterpriseOne as its core...

ARDEN HILLS, Minn., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Land O'Lakes today commends the agency for its ongoing efforts in serving the needs of farmers, cooperatives and rural Americans. To show its support for the agency's efforts, the Land O'Lakes Board of Directors recently passed a resolution commending USDA for its leadership on a wide variety of policies, issues and programs that...

ARDEN HILLS, Minn. and JEFFERSONVILLE, Pa., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Land O'Lakes, Inc., and Eggland's Best, Inc., announced today the creation of a new branded, specialty egg joint venture, in which each organization will hold a 50 percent stake. Terms of the joint venture were not disclosed. Land O'Lakes has an existing presence in the egg category as the national licensor of LAND O LAKES brand eggs. Eggland's Best is a cooperative that manages the advertising and...

LAND O'LAKES, Fla., April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Optimal IdM, LLC, a Microsoft Gold Certified partner, today announced the Virtual Identity Server for Office 365(TM) (VIS for Office 365(TM)), a product that enables rapid cloud deployment and extends Office 365 by adding additional features and functionality. VIS for Office 365 is a complete end-to-end solution including: synching users and groups, providing a cloud firewall that can filter or translate data as it is synched (or...

ARDEN HILLS, Minn., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Moark, LLC, a Land O'Lakes subsidiary, this week donated more than 1 million eggs to nine food banks across the United States. For the fifth year in a row, egg producers and Feeding America's network of food banks are teaming up in the fight against hunger, with producers donating millions of eggs to help make sure America's food banks are well stocked with this high-protein, nutritious food. The eggs are being distributed...

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2011, Land O'Lakes achieved solid financial results, including its highest-ever net sales and second-highest net earnings, in a still challenging economy, leaders of the national food and agricultural cooperative told approximately 1,000 delegates and visitors gathered at the Hilton Minneapolis (Minn.) for Land O'Lakes' 91st Annual Meeting. Financial Results Land O'Lakes President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Chris Policinski...