Celebrating 80 years of R&D.
Land O'Lakes - This article is about the growers cooperative; for the Florida town, see Land O' Lakes, Florida, for the Wisconsin town, see Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin.
Land O'Lakes Purnia Feed recently celebrated the 80th
anniversary of animal nutrition research and development at its LongView
Animal Nutrition Center near Gray Summit, MO. Shown are (L to R)
LongView 50-year employee George Steffens, U.S. Representative Kenny
Hulshof Kenneth C. "Kenny" Hulshof (born May 22, 1958) is a politician from the U.S. state of Missouri, currently representing Missouri's At-large congressional district (map) in the United States House of Representatives. , LongView Exec Dir Cindie Luhman and Land O'Lakes Purina
Exec VP Fernando Palacios.
The research facility encompasses over 1,100 acres and has over 70
employees developing nutrition products for dairy, beef, equine equine
Any member of the ungulate family Equidae, which includes the modern horses, zebras, and asses, all in the genus Equus, as well as more than 60 species known only from fossils. Equines descended from the dawn horse (see Eohippus). , swine swine, name for any of the cloven-hoofed mammals of the family Suidae, native to the Old World. A swine has a rather long, mobile snout, a heavy, relatively short-legged body, a thick, bristly hide, and a small tail. ,
companion animals, and wildlife.
Also at the event, Congressman Hulshof (R-MO) was presented an
award for his leadership and support of cooperatives and rural
businesses.
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