AMPI Reports $1.7 Billion In Sales

BLOOMINGTON — Associated Milk Producers Inc. delivered sales of $1.7 billion and earnings of $9.3 million in 2012, the cooperative announced at its annual meeting.

AMPI's core products were its top performers in 2012. Cheese production, which represents 57 percent of total sales, grew by more than 11 million pounds from a year earlier.

AMPI has a cheese plant in Rochester, among its 11 manufacturing plants.

Butter production continued to grow steadily, increasing 5 million pounds. Consumer-packaged cheese and butter represented nearly half of the cooperative's sales.

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