NEW ULM — Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) announced Thursday it is selling its New Ulm butter plant to Grassland Dairy Products, Inc. of Greenwood, Wis.

The sale expected to close by the end of the year. Terms of the transaction are confidential.

The butter plant on Center Street that employs 185 people will remain in production and continue to receive AMPI cream, according to AMPI Marketing Vice President Sarah Schmidt.

Grassland and AMPI leadership said the sale aligns with each organization’s core competencies, said Schmidt.

“AMPI has proudly called New Ulm home for more than 50 years. That won’t change. Our corporate office will remain right here, We’ll continue to play an active part in the community,” Schmidt said. “New Ulm sits at the heart of AMPI’s manufacturing plant ne

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