Associated Milk Producers Inc

Founded in 1969, Associated Milk Producers, also known as AMPI, is a dairy cooperative owned by more than 4,000 dairy farmers in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Headquartered in New Ulm, Minn., the cooperative s member farms produce over 5 billion pounds of milk. With annual sales of nearly $1 billion, it has a staff of approximately 1,500 employees. Associated Milk Producers processes and markets a range of dairy products and ingredients for the retail and food service and ingredient sectors. In addition, the cooperative s products include cheese, butter, instant milk and pudding, as well as value-added dairy ingredients. Associated Milk Producers offers milking system evaluation and component and somatic cell testing services.

Foremost Farms USA is a dairy cooperative owned by more than 2,300 dairy farmer members in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. It maintains a staff of over 1,050 employees. The cooperative offers a variety of dairy products for the wholesale, retail, pharmaceutical, animal feed and food service markets. Foremost Farms USA manufactures cheese, butter and whey ingredients. It provides edible lactose, dough conditioners and milk replacer blends. The cooperative also offers a range of butter and milk products. Foremost Farms USA maintains a network of processing plants. Its products are used for salads dressings, sauces, soups, beverages and pizzas. The cooperative maintains an in-house applications laboratory.