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AMPI's
vision is "To be the best milk market for Midwest dairy
producers."
Associated Milk Producers
Inc. is a dairy cooperative owned by more than 4,000 dairy
farmers in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota,
South Dakota and
Wisconsin. Based in New Ulm, Minn., the
cooperative’s member farms produce 5 billion
pounds of
milk, with annual sales of $1 billion.
About 1,400 AMPI employees in 15 locations across the upper
Midwest process and
market a full line of dairy products and
ingredients for the retail, food service and food
ingredient
sectors. The cooperative’s products include cheese, butter,
instant milk, shelf-
stable cheese and pudding, and a host of
value-added dairy ingredients. In the retail
case, AMPI
dairy products are sold under the AMPI, State Brand and
numerous private
labels.
The Midwest cooperative is among the top 10 largest in the
United States in terms of
milk volume.
It is also one of the
nation’s largest producers of cheese, butter and
instant
milk.
Member-Owners
AMPI adds value to milk which enables it to return value to
its dairy farmer-owners.
That value is measured in terms of
on-farm milk prices, return on investment, an
annual cash
dividend, timely equity revolvement and early equity
revolvement for
retired members.
AMPI also offers services to help members with their on-farm
business. These services
include milk contracting, equipment
financing, milking system analysis, and daily milk
component
testing.
Because AMPI is a cooperative, the dairy farmer-owners have
a voice in how their
business is operated. Through a system
of grassroots representation, members help
guide the
cooperative and craft policies that promote an environment
in which they can
produce milk at a profit. Each member of
the AMPI Corporate Board of Directors is an
active dairy farmer. |
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