“If you’re hungry it’s hard to focus on anything else in your life. Farmers have an important role in society—producing food for their communities and doing it with increasingly limited resources. We’re focused on providing the research, insights and technology farmers need.”

For nearly 40 years, Mike has worked in all aspects of the seed industry, with nearly 30 of them in evolving roles at Land O’Lakes, Inc. Today, Mike leads our Ag Technology platform focused exclusively on leveraging research and product development to advance the next generation of Ag Tech consulting offerings.

Prior to his current role, Mike was the executive vice president and chief operating officer of Land O’Lakes’ crop inputs and insights business WinField^® United. Mike joined the Land O'Lakes Seed team in 1990 and assumed leadership of the overall business in 2012.