“The CEO Moment: Land O’Lakes’ Beth Ford”

Key points

• Beth Ford leads Land O’Lakes, a major farming cooperative in the U.S.
• She outlines high input costs: fertilizer, diesel, and steel rising amid volatility.
• Ford frames agriculture as a business-investment and national-security issue.
• She cites immigration as a lever for economic growth and potential GDP gains.
• Butter and cheese consumption remain high, with a note on butter’s history.