Press Release
3/22/2010

AUDIO: AMPI finishes 2009 with record volumes and sales growth

Delegates review results at dairy co-op annual meeting

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (March 22, 2010)— Associated Milk Producers Inc. is reporting record-shattering numbers in milk volume and sales growth for 2009. According to President and Chief Executive Officer Ed Welch, A-M-P-I members marketed a record
6 billion pounds of milk last year. The dairy co-op also enjoyed record sales of consumer-packaged dairy products. 
 
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The A-M-P-I Annual Meeting is under way today and tomorrow in Bloomington, Minnesota. The meeting has a unique theme.

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Dairy farmers suffered from low prices and high feed and energy costs in the past year, resulting in Depression-era milk returns. A-M-P-I Chairman of the Board Paul Toft, who is a dairy farmer from Rice Lake, Wisconsin, says the cooperative is aggressively working to influence policies that will reduce the volatility experienced this past year. 

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A-M-P-I is working with regional and national dairy organizations to reform dairy policy. The past year was very difficult, but Toft refuses to focus on doom and gloom.
 
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