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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 15, 2009
LAND O’LAKES, INC.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Minnesota   333-84486   41-0365145
 
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
4001 Lexington Avenue North
Arden Hills, Minnesota
  55126
 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (651) 481-2222
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS
SIGNATURES
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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS
          Land O’Lakes, Inc., a Minnesota cooperative corporation (the “Company”), announced that it will soon close a dairy manufacturing facility located in Madison, Wisconsin. The Company noted that it was no longer cost effective to produce butter at the Madison location. The Company operates several other butter manufacturing facilities across the country and expects to increase production at those facilities to help compensate for the capacity that will be lost once the Madison location is closed. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 


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SIGNATURES
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
         
  LAND O’LAKES, INC.
 
 
Date: April 15, 2009  /s/ Daniel Knutson    
  Daniel Knutson   
  Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 

 


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99.1   Press release issued by Land O’Lakes, Inc., dated April 15, 2009.

 

EX-99.1 2 c50574exv99w1.htm EX-99.1 exv99w1
Exhibit 99.1
Land O’Lakes, Inc.
News Release
Land O’Lakes to Close Madison Dairy Butter Plant
(Madison, Wis.) April 15, 2009 – Land O’Lakes, Inc., today announced it will close its local butter manufacturing plant, Madison Dairy, within the next 60 days.
Land O’Lakes officials said the plant was no longer economically feasible to operate. Madison Dairy produces several of the company’s LAND O LAKES® Butter products, as well as private label butter for various grocery retailers.
Company officials notified employees of the closing earlier today. All 120 employees at the plant will be affected by the closure.
“Closing the Madison Dairy facility was a difficult decision that was driven by the economics of the business,” said Steve Dunphy, Land O’Lakes Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Dairy Foods Value Added business. “We recognize that the plant’s closure will impact employees and the Madison community, and we are working to ease the transition as much as possible,” he added.
Madison Dairy will ramp down its production lines over the next 60 days. Some portions of the plant may close earlier. Land O’Lakes has not made a decision regarding the future of the physical plant or property.
Land O’Lakes operates several other butter manufacturing facilities across the country and expects to increase production at those facilities to help compensate for the capacity that will be lost once the Madison location is closed.
Land O’Lakes, Inc. (www.landolakesinc.com) is a national, farmer-owned food and agricultural cooperative with annual sales of $12 billion. Land O’Lakes is a Fortune 300 company which does business in all 50 states and more than 50 countries. It is a leading marketer of a full line of dairy-based consumer, foodservice and food ingredient products across the United States; serves its international customers with a variety of food and animal feed ingredients; and provides farmers and ranchers with an extensive line of agricultural supplies (feed, seed, and crop protection products) and services. Land O’Lakes also provides agricultural assistance and technical training in more than 25 developing nations.

 

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