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AMPI announces new division manager

Press Release
8/25/2008

For more information or photos contact:
Sheryl Doering Meshke
Vice President of Public Affairs
507-354-8295 or meshkes@ampi.com

AMPI announces new division manager

NEW ULM, Minn. (August 25, 2008)—Matt Quade has been named manager of the Dawson Division of Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI). He replaces Joe Vaske who is retiring after 29 years of service to the dairy farmer-owners of the Midwest milk marketing cooperative.
  
Quade adds the division based in Dawson, Minn., to his current responsibilities as manager of the AMPI division in Paynesville, Minn. He will manage cooperative membership in parts of Minnesota and South Dakota, as well as the cheese and whey manufacturing plants in Dawson and Paynesville.
  
“Matt has a keen understanding of the milk marketing business,” said AMPI President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Furth. “His experience will serve us well in Dawson.”
  
A graduate of South Dakota State University’s dairy manufacturing program, Quade is the former manager of Bongards’ Creameries in Minnesota. In 1999 he joined AMPI to manage the Paynesville Division.

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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.
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