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1 Industry Outlook National Grain and Feed Association Annual Convention, San Francisco March 19, 2013 Chris Policinski President and CEO Land O Lakes

2 Agenda Land O Lakes Overview Unprecedented Global Growth Opportunity of Agribusiness and Food Production Great Untold Story of Agricultural Productivity Challenges

3 Land O Lakes A Popular View

4 Land O Lakes: 92-Year History Deep Cooperative and Rural Roots Member-owned Organized in 1921 as a dairy marketing cooperative Expanded into farm inputs Late 1920s At our members request

5 Land O Lakes Today Growing, Diversified Agribusiness Operations Leading market positions in butter, deli cheese, refrigerated desserts Leader in animal nutrition, livestock and lifestyle feed Leading provider of agribusiness products, services, insights and expertise

6 Land O Lakes #210 on the Fortune 500 Second largest U.S. Ag Cooperative Diversified Agribusiness Operations 300+ Facilities 10,000 Employees 3,000 producer-members 1,000 member co-ops Serving 300,000 producers

7 Land O Lakes Growth Is A l Accelerating 16 Net Sales 2012 Sales $ Billion $14 14 $13 $14.1 billion $9 $12 $10 $11 Feed $5 billion Di Dairy Foods $4 billion 8 $7 $ Crop Inputs $5 billion

8 Land O Lakes Truly spans the farm-to-market spectrum Seed Crop Milk Retail Inputs Quality Presence Insights Pricing Animal B2B / Highly Branded Nutrition Primary Industrial R&D/Mfg. Goods Mktg./ Processing Sales Sales Production Consumer Farmer-Owned

9 Land O Lakes Portfolio Leading market positions Branded, value-added focus

10 Unprecedented Global Growth p Opportunity of Agribusiness and Food Production

11 Opportunity Agriculture, agribusiness and the food industry offer the greatest t growth opportunity of our era World population to grow from 7.0 billion to 9.2 billion by 2050 Global food production will have to increase 70% to meet higher demand Source: United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization

12 7.6 Billion People By Billion in 10 countries alone! Most Populated Countries In China (19%) 2. India 3. US 4. Indonesia 5. Brazil 6. Pakistan 7. Bangladesh 8. Nigeria 9. Russia 10. Japan But tthe highest h growth rate over next 10 years will be in Africa Source: Wikipedia; CIA Factbook 2012; 2011 Population Reference Bureau

13 Food Production Demand Over Next 50 Years Will Exceed Previous History Glob bal Food De emand (Pet tacal day) Source: Graph based on data from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

14 Challenge: Limited Resources At most, only 12% more arable land is available globally Only 5% more land is projected to be cultivated by 2050 Demand to outstrip water supply by 40% by 2030 We must produce more food, with fewer resources and less environmental impact! Source: OECD-FAO, global water supply/demand model; agricultural production based on IFPRI computed general equilibrium model base case; A Daunting Task, Prof. Robert Thompson (2010)

15 The Great Untold Productivity Story of American Agriculture

16 U.S. Farmers Lead Ag Productivity Total output 1 Total inputs 2 Changes in US agricultural output, inputs, since 1948 Index 1948 = 100 ~250% Farming practices Technology In 1930 One farmer fed 10 people p 25% of income spent on food 22% of the US workforce in Ag Today One farmer feeds 155 people 10% of income spent on food 2% of the US workforce in Ag 1 Total output is an aggregation of crop and livestock commodities and related services 2 Total input is an aggregation of land, labor, capitalandand intermediate inputs like fertilizer, feed and seed SOURCE: Productivity Growth in US Agriculture, USDA (2007); Economic Research Service; American Farm Bureau Federation

17 Agricultural Productivity Has Soared Since 1960, U.S. Corn yields have tripled Wheat Yields have tripled Soybean yields are up 70% Milk production per cow has tripled Pork production per sow has more than doubled Beef production per head is up 50 percent

18 Productivity Drives Sustainability! % more corn on 13% fewer acres Source: USDA Economic Research Service

19 Increase In Ag Productivity Has Created Broader Value Food expenditures as a share of disposable personal income Billion dollars 2,600 2,400 If we were spending the same share of 2,200 2, ,800 disposable personal income on food as in 1930, the US U.S. families food bill would be $1.6 $1.6 trillion 1,600 trillion higher. 1,400 1,200 1, SOURCE: USDA Economic Research Service Actual U.S. food expenditures Food spending as share disposable income at 1930 s level 1 9

20 Size / Technology Required to Feed 9 Billion! Advanced Management Practices, Technology Are THE Most Essential Productivity Levers Sources of growth in crop production, Percent 23% Arable land expansion / cropping intensity SOURCE: FAO Expert Meeting on How to Feed the World in 2050 (2009) 77% Yield increases via technology / management practices Advances in production practices and technology are needed to achieve the yields the world requires

21 Investment Is Also Required Ag Research Agricultural R&D represents only about 2% of the total USDA budget Infrastructure $2 trillion needed for U.S. Infrastructure Transportation Ports Inland waterways Source: Center for Strategic & International Studies Source: Urban Land Institute

22 Agriculture Productivity Drivers Adoption of modern business, production management practices on the farm Application of safe, proven agricultural technologies Land O Lakes Strategy Productivity = Sustainability = Feeding A Growing World

23 Irony. Less than 2% of the U.S. population is directly involved in production agriculture. Production Ag

24 Challenge Consumer Trust and Confidence in Our Supply Chain

25 Recent Headlines Minnesota could become the next battleground in the fight over mandatory labels for genetically modified food Minneapolis StarTribune, February, 2013 Federal CourtUpholds California Proposition 2...Cleared To Take Effect in 2015 Humane Society News, September, 2012 Genetic changes to food may get uniform labeling New York Times, February, 2013 A Beastly Business: Peaceful protests against animal testing are on the rise The Economist 2011 Proposition 37 Food Labeling Law Fails NBC, November 2012 Is Pink Slime in the beef at your grocery store? ABC News, March 2012 Why the rbst Hormone shouldn't be In your glass of milk Organic Consumers Association, 2013

26 Some Real Opportunities For Improvement Food Safety and Modernization Act rolled out hailed as most sweeping overall in 70 years USA Today, January, 2013 Leafy greens top source of food borne illnesses, Center For Disease Control says Los Angles Times, January, 2013 E. coli outbreak sickens 14 in six states CNN, June 2012 Salmonella outbreak prompts peanut butter recall USA Today, September, 2012 Health official traces source of E. coli outbreak to lettuce CTV News, January 2013 Battle over blame after horse meat found in beef products CNN, January, 2013 February, 2013

27 Going Forward.Role Of: Academia Regulators Industry Players The 2%

28 Great risk to sustainably Feeding the soon to be 9+ Billion

29 A Final Thought.. The world has the technology, either available or well-advanced in the research pipeline, pp to feed a population of 10 billion people. The more pertinent t question today is whether farmers and ranchers will be permitted to use this new technology. Dr. Norman Borlaug

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