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Land O’Lakes promotes two executives
Land O’Lakes, Arden Hills, announced the promotions of Beth Ford and Brad Oelmann. Ford, previously head of systemwide supply chain, operations and IT and the Purina animal nutrition and dairy foods businesses, has been promoted to chief operating officer and will be head of all Land O’Lakes businesses.
Oelmann has been promoted to chief operating officer of Land O’Lakes Services and will be responsible for services offered to co-op members. Oelmann was previously EVP, member relations and business development services.
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