Dairy farmer-owners reviewing cooperative performance March 22-23
NEW ULM, Minn. (March 15, 2010) — Dairy farmers from six Midwest states are coming together next week to review the 2009 performance of Minnesota-based Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI), the dairy marketing business they collectively own and govern.
Some 400 cooperative members, industry leaders and guests are expected to attend the AMPI Annual Meeting set for March 22–23 at the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel, Bloomington, Minn.
Cooperative leaders, industry experts and policy makers are on the meeting’s program that recaps 2009 and provides perspective on the future of the Midwest dairy industry. AMPI members will also pay homage to their roots as a dairy farmer-owned business while noting the cooperative’s 40th anniversary.
Speakers scheduled to address the group include:
• Paul Toft, AMPI Chairman of the Board and dairy farmer from Rice Lake, Wis.
• Ed Welch, AMPI President and CEO
• Bill Even, South Dakota Secretary of Agriculture
• Phil Plourd, dairy market analyst and president of Bliming and Associates Inc.
• V. J. Smith, motivational speaker
The annual delegate session features a review of the cooperative’s financial statements and management reports. Delegates will also consider proposed resolutions, culminating the cooperative’s grassroots policy-making process. The resolutions process gives members an opportunity to determine AMPI positions on issues and policies that affect the cooperative.
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About AMPI: Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI)
is a dairy marketing cooperative with 3,200 member farms,
6 billion pounds of milk and $1.4 billion in annual
sales. Members operate dairy farms located throughout the
Midwest states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska,
South Dakota and North Dakota. The members own 13
manufacturing plants and market a full line of consumer-
packaged dairy products. For more information about AMPI,
visit the cooperative’s Website at www.ampi.com. |
