The boards of directors of two leading Midwest dairy
cooperatives have approved a plan to merge. The dairy farmer-owners
of North Dakota-based Cass-Clay Creamery, Inc. and Minnesota-based
Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) will form one
cooperative.
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