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Podcast: MID-WEST FARM REPORT - MADISON
Episode: WI Ag Tourism Nominates & To Governor's Conference And AMPI Pivots Blair Plant
Description: The small community of Blair, WI was rocked when a cheese plant that's been there for decades said it was changing. Sarah Schmidt, communications coordinator for Associated Milk Producers Incorporated(AMPI) tells Jill Welke that the lure of the cottage cheese market became too much for their board of directors. In March, some 86 employees will be laid off while they transition the award winning cheddar plant into a top notch cottage cheese manufacturer. Schmidt says while some may question whether the cottage cheese phase has peaked, their numbers show it's just growing. Those same employees will largely be welcomed back...