Co op merger study shows potential savings
A USDA feasibility study by Dr. Randall Torgerson and three cooperatives AMPI Mid-America Dairymen and Mountain Empire Dairymen Association found merging into a single 50 000 member cooperative could save about 14.8 million dollars annually or 6.2 cents per hundredweight of milk. The report noted internal efficiencies while leaders planned a Phase 2 meeting October 10 in Minneapolis to examine membership structures and bargaining power.
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U.S. Agriculture Department
Canada
Mexico
Torgerson
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Dairy cooperative merger faces internal structure hurdle
Mr. Elkin and Mr. Sipple discuss a potential AMPI and Mid-Am merger. They note AMPI operates bottom up with autonomous regions while Mid-Am is top down from Springfield. Unresolved questions about internal structure could delay a deal slated to possibly occur within the next year per Gary Hanman.
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Elkin
Sipple
AMPI
Mid-Am
Minnesota
Texas
Springfield
Gary Hanman
Eau Claire
Wet spell calls for rain Thursday to Saturday in Wisconsin
The National Weather Service says northern Wisconsin will see a wet period from Thursday through Saturday. Rain is forecast Thursday and Saturday with partly cloudy skies Friday. Highs reach the mid 60s Thursday and the lower 60s Friday and Saturday, with overnight lows in the upper 40s to lower 50s.
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Wisconsin
National Weather Service
Farm crisis touches city folk and a Taylor County family
Debbie and Mike Wright, fourth generation farmers on 200 acres in Taylor County, face financial strain with six months of delinquent FmHA payments due by December 31. Mike works in Milwaukee on a highway crew while Debbie and their children manage chores at home. Community friend Allan Beadles notes the irony that farm troubles affect city residents too.
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Misty
Truette
Michael Wright
Debbie
Milwaukee
Taylor County
Mike Wright
Mike
Wrights
Farmers Home Administration
Mr. Wright
Chequamegan National Forest
Allan Beadles
Michael
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Irv Elkin
Amery
Polk County
Jerry Sipple
Menomonie
Dunn County
Mid—America Dairymen
Mr. Sipple
Mid- Am
Dan Redar
Ann Landers Sheen
Bankruptcy Court
Milwaukee Area
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