Cal-Maine Foods Inc

We are the largest producer and distributor of shell eggs in the United States. Our mission is to be the most sustainable producer and reliable supplier of consistent, high quality fresh shell eggs and egg products in the country, demonstrating a "Culture of Sustainability" in everything we do, and creating value for our shareholders, customers, team members and communities. We sell most of our shell eggs in the southwestern, southeastern, mid-western and mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. and aim to maintain efficient, state-of-the-art operations located close to our customers. We were founded in 1957 by the late Fred R. Adams, Jr. and are headquartered in Ridgeland, Mississippi.

The Company has one operating segment, which is the production, grading, packaging, marketing and distribution of shell eggs. Our integrated operations consist of hatching chicks, growing and maintaining flocks of pullets, layers and breeders, manufacturing feed, and producing, processing, packaging, and distributing shell eggs. Layers are mature female chickens, pullets are female chickens usually less than 18 weeks of age, and breeders are male and female chickens used to produce fertile eggs to be hatched for egg production flocks. Our total flock as of May 28, 2022 consisted of approximately 42.2 million layers and 11.5 million pullets and breeders.

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. operates farms, processing plants, hatcheries, feed mills, warehouses, offices and other properties located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah. As of May 28, 2022, the operations included three breeding facilities, two hatcheries, four distribution centers, 25 feed mills, 42 shell egg production facilities, 22 pullet growing facilities, 43 processing and packaging facilities and three egg products' facilities. Most of our operations are conducted from properties we own, which comprise approximately 28 thousand acres of land in our operating footprint. For more information about our properties, please visit our most recent Form 10-K.