Cal-Maine Foods Inc. announced that it has closed on the previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Featherland Egg Farms Inc. that relate to its commercial shell egg production, processing, distribution and sale business. The acquired assets include commercial egg production and processing facilities with a current capacity for approximately 600,000 laying hens, a feed mill and related production and distribution facilities near Marion, Texas.

The facilities are located close to many of Cal-Maine’s other locations as well as major market areas in south Texas.

Cal-Maine Foods is primarily engaged in the production, grading, packing and sale of fresh shell eggs, including conventional, cage-free, organic and nutritionally enhanced eggs. The company, which is headquartered in Jackson, Miss., is the largest producer and distributor of fresh shell eggs in the U.S. and sells the majority of its shell eggs in states across the southwestern, southeastern, midwestern and mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S.