Land O'Lakes Partners with Nestle in China
Land O'Lakes, Inc. announces it is working with Nestle to provide feed and forage training, nutrition services and laboratory services at Nestle Dairy Farming Institute (DFI), a dairy training center located in Shuangcheng, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, China.
"We are pleased to partner with Nestle, one of our largest customers, to deliver value to China's dairy and forage crop producers," says Chris Policinski, president and CEO of Land O'Lakes, Inc. "This expansion of our relationship with Nestle will showcase our feed and forage capabilities and how they can contribute to this important, growing market in China. This is a very real embodiment of our company's aspiration to help produce more food in an increasingly sustainable manner to feed a hungry planet."
Land O'Lakes will provide agricultural insights and expertise to China's farmers to help them improve on-farm productivity and profitability. As a partner, Land O'Lakes brings more than 90-years of experience in farming operations and feed and forage solutions that will be featured at the DFI training facility.
The Nestle DFI facility sits on 148 acres, encompassing three training farms replicating progressive farms of various sizes as well as a training center. The facility is designed to educate local farmers on modern agricultural practices and dairy farming skills.
Land O'Lakes has been present in China for a number of years, including the import and manufacture of a variety of animal nutrition and crop products. Land O'Lakes and its partners operate several trial sites across China testing alfalfa, forage sorghum, sudangrass, tropical corn and forage corn. These test results will be leveraged for conventional variety selection to further develop the seed industry.
"We are pleased to partner with Nestle, one of our largest customers, to deliver value to China's dairy and forage crop producers," says Chris Policinski, president and CEO of Land O'Lakes, Inc. "This expansion of our relationship with Nestle will showcase our feed and forage capabilities and how they can contribute to this important, growing market in China. This is a very real embodiment of our company's aspiration to help produce more food in an increasingly sustainable manner to feed a hungry planet."
Land O'Lakes will provide agricultural insights and expertise to China's farmers to help them improve on-farm productivity and profitability. As a partner, Land O'Lakes brings more than 90-years of experience in farming operations and feed and forage solutions that will be featured at the DFI training facility.
The Nestle DFI facility sits on 148 acres, encompassing three training farms replicating progressive farms of various sizes as well as a training center. The facility is designed to educate local farmers on modern agricultural practices and dairy farming skills.
Land O'Lakes has been present in China for a number of years, including the import and manufacture of a variety of animal nutrition and crop products. Land O'Lakes and its partners operate several trial sites across China testing alfalfa, forage sorghum, sudangrass, tropical corn and forage corn. These test results will be leveraged for conventional variety selection to further develop the seed industry.