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AMPI Celebrates Expansion of Iowa Cheese Plant
USAgNet - 07/23/2018
When people think of Iowa they usually think of corn, maybe soybeans. But did you know it's ranked 8th among the states for cheese production?
In Sanborn, Associated Milk Producers Incorporated (AMPI) celebrated the expansion of its cheese production facility with a ribbon cutting.
The 14,000 square foot plant has undergone a multi-million dollar renovation, which managers call just the first phase of a larger expansion project.
"We recently and are in the process of completing a 14,000 square foot addition and in that addition, we're going to house eight state of the art cheese vats which will, in essence, double our capacity," said Division Manager Harold Peters.
Peters says AMPI currently produces 1.4 million pounds of milk per day. And with this new technology, that number will double to 3 million.
"Certainly we've been waiting for this a long time. We have the milk, the milk's been available, the new equipment, the new technology, we'll be able to utilize our staff a little bit better. And hopefully, be able to grow and change some of our cheese styles too,"
Peters said.
AMPI is a farmer-owned dairy cooperative headquartered in New Ulm, Minn., and ranks in the top 30 of dairy organizations in the United States and in the top 10 U.S. dairy cooperatives.
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