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The app addresses All dairy industry issues such as the livelihood of herds and nutrition value of dairy products through automating work processes. Pic: Getty Images/Bonfanti Diego

Octobot and Vyla connect dairy stakeholders through new app

By Jim Cornall

Global technology company Vyla has launched the Ascend mobile application built in collaboration with software consultancy Octobot and supported by Land O’Lakes, Lely Group, and Nestlé for the US farming and dairy industry and with a global expansion...

Net sales across the company were up 4%.  Pic: Land O'Lakes

Land O'Lakes, Inc. announces first quarter results

By Jim Cornall

Land O'Lakes, Inc. has reported net sales of $3.9bn and net earnings of $136m for the first quarter ending March 31, 2021, compared to net sales of $3.8bn and net earnings of $37m in 2020.