Better with butter

More than 100 AMPI Young Cooperators (YCs) and their families participated in the "Better with butter" summer educational tour held in New Ulm, Minn., June 29-30. The gathering is one of many educational events available through the YC program, open to AMPI members age 40 and under.

This year's tour featured:
• the AMPI butter plant in New Ulm, Minn
• recently constructed facilities at Olmar Farms, an AMPI-member farm near Sleepy Eye, Minn
• a Farm FunFest for children, with educational programming provided by the Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial FFA Chapter
• question-and-answer session with the AMPI management team

"We are proud to be part of the AMPI Young Cooperator program," said David Trott, AMPI YC chairperson and a dairy farmer from Ladysmith, Wis. "It provides an opportunity for young AMPI members-owners to take a more active orle in the dairy marketing business we own."

For more information about the YC program, contact an AMPI division office or field representative. 

Welch named to USDA Dairy Industry Advisory Committee

Key points:

• Welch is one of 17 committee members selected
• The committee will review the issues of farm milk price volatility and dairy farmer profitability
• The committee will recommend to the Secretary of Agriculture how USDA should address these issues
• Each member serves a two-year term

USDA press release 1/06/10