The AMPI Young Cooperators Summer Tour brought dairy farm families to Portage, Wis., where they explored the cooperative's manufacturing facility and gave back to the local community. Participants assembled 40 meal bags and donated Portage-produced beef and cheese to help support families served by the Portage Food Pantry.

AMPI Vice President of Marketing Sarah Schmidt recently joined the Dairy Download podcast to discuss growing consumer demand for cottage cheese and how AMPI’s investment in cottage cheese production at Blair, Wis., is helping meet evolving demand.

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AMPI Cheesemaker Shawn Sadler is featured in a video created by the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) to promote U.S. cheese. USDEC launched the “Meet the USA Cheese Community” video series to highlight the commitment of the U.S. cheese industry to produce high-quality, versatile and award-winning cheeses. 

AMPI announced today it will transition production at its Blair, Wis., cheese plant from cheddar cheese to cottage cheese.

AMPI has announced it is selling its New Ulm, Minn., butter plant to Grassland Dairy Products Inc. of Greenwood, Wis. The sale is expected to close by the end of calendar 2025.