ST. PAUL, Minn.-In an agree
ment announced recently, Land
O’Lakes will purchase the assets
of Madison Dairy Produce Co.
and soon will begin operating
the Midwest’s largest butter pro
duction facility. Terms of the
agreement were not disclosed.
t St. Paul, Minn.-based Land
O’Lakes is the nation’s leading
butter marketer and Madison,
Wis.-based Madison Dairy man
ufactures butter for a variety of
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Land O’Lakes, Madison Dairy Announce Sale Agreement
customers including Land
O’Lakes.
“Land O’Lakes has enjoyed a
long, successful working rela
tionship with Madison Dairy
and its owners, the Steinhauer
family. In this new relationship,
Land O’Lakes has a guaranteed
long-term source of butter sup
ply. We are not planning to make
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tinue to provide services to a
broad range of customers,” said
Chris Policinski, executive vice
president and chief operating
officer for Land O’Lakes, Dairy
Foods value-added business.
“The purchase of Madison Dairy
will allow us to continue to build
our flagship butter business and
serve our consumers’ and cus
tomers’ changing needs.”
Gary Steinhauer, vice presi
dent, Madison Dairy, said the
decision to sell the company to
Land O’Lakes is based on an
effort to realize greater cost effi
ciencies as well as to continue to
produce the highest quality
products possible, both of which
are high priorities for the two
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tise together will help both busi
nesses be even more successful,”
Steinhauer said.
Land O’Lakes (http://www.
landolakesinc.com) is a national
farmer-owned food and agricul
tural cooperative, with sales in
all fifty states and more than 50
countries. It is a leading mar
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ingredient products across the
U.S.; serves its international
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