Land O’Lakes, Inc. announced today the completion of the sale of assets of its Cheese & Protein International (CPI) operations, located in Tulare, Calif., to a US subsidiary of Saputo Inc. The sale includes substantially all of CPI’s cheese manufacturing operations and cut-and-wrap operations, formally known as Golden Valley Dairy Products. The transaction includes a long-term milk supply agreement, under which Land O’Lakes will be the full milk supplier to the CPI facility.

Land O’Lakes will continue to operate cheese manufacturing facilities in Tulare, Calif., and Orland, Calif., Melrose, Minn., Denmark, Wis., and Kiel, Wis., and a cheese processing facility in Spencer, Wis.