Land O'Lakes Purina Feed announces the hiring of Martha Baker to the Livestock Marketing team.

Baker brings a significant dairy nutrition background to this new position, holding a Master's degree in Dairy Nutrition from the University of Georgia and a Bachelor's in Animal Science from Austin Peay State University in Tennessee. Her wealth of sales experience, combined with successful track records at the Nutrition Physiology Group, Linwood Management Group, Monsanto Dairy Business and Big Gain make her a strong addition to the Land O'Lakes Purina Feed dairy team.

"The Livestock Marketing group is excited to add Martha Baker to our team," says Elena Lindemann, dairy business and lactating livestock marketing leader with Land O'Lakes Purina Feed. "Martha will be the key liaison between the marketing and sales parts of our organization and will help grow the adoption of proprietary products through field trials, demonstrations and sales support. Her technical expertise and dairy nutrition insights are invaluable in helping enhance our product offerings and will also help us continue to develop new, breakthrough feeding programs and products for our customers."

Serving a dual role at Land O'Lakes Purina Feed, Baker's time will be equally disbursed as a dairy marketing nutritionist for the livestock marketing team and a dairy specialist for the New York sales division. Baker will work out of Amherst, N.Y.

Land O'Lakes Purina Feed LLC is North America's leading feed company serving producers nationwide through local cooperatives and independent dealerships by providing an extensive line of animal nutrition, ingredients and expertise.

10.21.2011