Dawson, Paynesville: Associated Milk Producers Inc. ... by the numbers

12 - number of AMPI plants

54 - percentage of AMPI sales that come from cheese

170 - number of brands AMPI packages products under

200 - number of employees at both the Dawson and Paynesville AMPI plants

3,000 - number of AMPI dairy farmer-owners

$25,000 - average economic impact of a dairy cow in Minnesota

40,000 - number of jobs the dairy sector supports in Minnesota

5.8 million pounds - amount of milk produced by AMPI dairy farmers each year

$2 billion - amount of AMPI sales annually