Cal-Maine Foods Inc., a Mississippi-based company that operates a major egg production operation near Delta, has announced that it will invest $82 million to expand the company’s cage-free egg production capabilities at the Utah site and at a similar operation in Kentucky.
In Delta, Cal-Maine will add four new cage-free layer houses and two pullet house conversions, increasing its capacity to accommodate 810,000 cage-free layer hens. Work is expected to commence immediately with project completion expected by fall 2023.
“We are pleased to announce these cage-free expansion projects that will further advance our growth strategy and better serve customers given growing customer and consumer demand and expanding state requirements for cage-free eggs,” said Dolph Baker, chairman and CEO of Cal-Maine Foods.
Cal-Maine Foods is primarily engaged in the production, grading, packing, marketing and sale of fresh shell eggs, including conventional, cage-free, organic, pasture-raised, free-range and nutritionally enhanced eggs. It is the largest producer and distributor of fresh shell eggs in the U.S.