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AMPI is a reflection of the more than 650 farm families who own it. We are hard-working entrepreneurs who are dairy smart, business savvy and proud of our traditional values. We stand behind every policy, program and product associated with our milk marketing cooperative.

View some of the many benefits of AMPI membership below.

MemBER BENEFITS

    • Competitive milk pricing

    • Direct deposit

    • Milk Market Loss program

    • Independent testing lab

    • Daily component and somatic cell testing

    • Bulk tank cultures, milk pregnancy and additional tests available

    • Email/text message alerts to members and farm consultants

    • Online data analysis and graphing

    • Funded through cooperative earnings

    • 20 percent of allocated earnings paid in cash annually

    • Remaining earnings applied to equity account

    • $3.20/cwt. Target Equity

    • Annual equity payments on that portion which exceeds $3.20

    • Annual equity payments to inactive members

    • Read AMPI’s Policy Agenda here

    • Ready to assist you

    • Herd Profit Improvement program

    • RoadMap Program to reduce SCC

    • Milking system analysis

    • Milking time evaluation

    • Milker training

    • FARM Program certification

    • Manager’s Message monthly newsletter

    • Dairymen’s Digest magazine

    • AMPI website

MEMBER GOVERNANCE

Central to AMPI is the cooperative's governance structure. A three-level structure encourages member input.

Annual district meetings are an opportunity for members to review cooperative performance and elect representatives. District meetings also mark the beginning of the AMPI resolutions process. Members can submit resolutions that are reviewed by the AMPI Resolutions Committee and, if approved, forwarded to delegates at the AMPI Annual Meeting.

District

District elected representatives meet during the year at division board meetings to review the cooperative's performance and discuss timely dairy issues. These members are responsible for recommending practices and policies to the AMPI Corporate Board.

DiVISION

The AMPI Corporate Board is responsible for the business affairs of the cooperative. Corporate directors are elected at division meetings in January. They serve a three-year term, which begins at the AMPI Annual Meeting.

CORPORATE

2025 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FRONT ROW

Aaron Maassen, Maurice, IA

Darrel Maus, Freeport, MN
Secretary

Dave Peterson, Boyd, WI
Chairman

Sheryl Meshke, New Ulm, MN
President and CEO

Dennis Hawkins, Chippewa Falls, WI
Vice Chairman

Steve Schlangen, Albany, MN
Treasurer

Jon Schmidt, Owatonna, MN

BACK ROW

Josh Dickmann, Pierz, MN

Mark Hamlett, Aurora, IA

Donald Honadel, Augusta, WI

Steve Schalla, Hammond, WI

Doug Temme, Wayne, NE

Theresa Raak, Jasper, MN 

Isaac Griebel, New Ulm, MN

Dan Anderson, Holmen, WI

Tom Hoscheit, Caledonia, MN

Storied in our heritage and driven by our future

YOUNG COOPERATORS

The AMPI Young Cooperator (YC) Program provides up-and-coming leaders in the dairy industry with a better understanding of issues facing farmers and their milk marketing cooperative. The program provides educational opportunities to inform and build leadership skills in the next generation of AMPI dairy farmer-owners.

    • Must be between the ages of 18 and 45

    • Must be actively involved on an AMPI-member dairy farm

    • Co-op Wide

    • Division/Local

      • One division event per year

    • Corporate steering committee includes a chairperson, vice chairperson, past chairperson, member-at-large and a secretary (each position can be a single person or a couple).

    • All corporate board members and spouses attend AMPI's annual meeting.

    • All members and their families are invited to participate in the annual summer tour to network with fellow YC members and AMPI management, and see fellow members' farms.

    • Call your local AMPI division office or field representative for membership information. If you have questions about the YC program, contact April VonRuden at 507-354-8295 or vonrudena@ampi.com or Glenn Woychik at woychikg@ampi.com for more information.

2026 AMPI ANNUAL MEETING

February 16-17, 2026 | DoubleTree by Hilton | Bloomington, Minn.