Watch: women in charge at leading US co-op

Minnesota-based co-op Land O'Lakes has partnered with a country music star to celebrate farming women, at a time of change at the top of the company.

The Dealer

27 August 2018

Watch: women in charge at leading US co-op

Farming women featured in Maggie Rose's music video produced with Land O'Lakes co-op.

Upcoming US country music talent Maggie Rose's newest song is a cover of the old-time children's favourite Old McDonald Had a Farm – with a twist. The rewritten lyrics are all about farming women and she has turned the tune's catchy chorus into a proudly female "She-I-E-I-O".

It may not be a a coincidence that the song came out the same month as Land O'Lakes appointed Beth Ford as its new chief executive.

According to Fortune magazine, Ford is one of only 25 female chief executives among all companies on the Fortune 500 list of leading US businesses.

Originally a dairy co-op, Land O'Lakes has 4,400 farmer suppliers and posts annual sales of €13bn across dairy, feed and crop inputs. Ford rose through the ranks of the company after an earlier carreer including stints at PepsiCo and oil giant Mobil.

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