Associated Milk Producers (AMPI)
food New Ulm, MN · Private
AMPI remains the largest farmer-owned cheese cooperative in the U.S., processing milk into cheese, butter, and powdered products across seven Upper Midwest manufacturing facilities. With no recent news or announced initiatives, the cooperative maintains steady operations serving retail, foodservice, and food ingredient markets.
Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) is the largest farmer-owned cheese cooperative in the United States, owned by approximately 542 dairy farm families across the Upper Midwest. The cooperative processes milk into cheese, butter, and powdered dairy products sold to retail, foodservice, and food ingredient customers across the U.S. and internationally.
Employees
1,050
Mfg Plants
6
All Facilities
7
Activity
3/10
Type
Private
Plant Locations (7 mapped)
0
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Manufacturing Plants (6)
AMPI Sanborn Plant
Sanborn, IA
Cheese manufacturing plant
AMPI Paynesville Plant
Paynesville, MN
Cheese manufacturing plant
AMPI Freeman Plant
Freeman, SD
Nonfat dry milk production
AMPI Blair Plant
Blair, WI
Cheese manufacturing plant
AMPI Jim Falls Plant
Jim Falls, WI
Cheese manufacturing plant
AMPI Portage Plant
Portage, WI
Cheese processing and packaging plant
Other Facilities (1)
AMPI Headquarters
New Ulm, MN · hq
Corporate headquarters; former butter plant sold to Grassland Dairy Products at end of 2025 and is no longer an AMPI manufacturing facility