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ProEgg cooperative formed in western United States

Member egg producers join to bring sustainability, supply chain stability to egg customers

PUBLISHED ON December 30, 2022

“The formation of ProEgg is a deliberate response by our members to an ever-changing egg market,” said CEO Ric Herrera. “Combining production under the cooperative umbrella will promote stability within the egg supply chain, create contingencies to avoid supply disruption, develop sustainable logistics and maximize the available egg volume in the region.” (Edouard Gilles/Unsplash)

DENVER, Colo. – A new egg farmer cooperative in the western United States intends to bring sustainability and supply chain stability to its customers through its eight independent shell egg production members. ProEgg, a farmer cooperative formed under the Capper-Volstead Act, will serve 13 states, and is committed to providing retail and foodservice shell egg customers with collaborative solutions that will help stabilize the shell egg supply in this period of high egg demand.

The eight companies that are members of the cooperative are recognized leaders in egg production. They include Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.; Central Valley Eggs, LLC; Colorado Egg, LLC; Hickman’s Egg Ranch, Inc.; Oakdell Egg Farms, Inc.; Opal Foods LLC; Ritewood, Inc.; and Willamette Egg Farms, LLC.

The companies together will aggregate and sell shell eggs through the ProEgg cooperative throughout the 13-state region. The cooperative has hired its first CEO, Ric Herrera, an egg industry veteran with more than 35 years of experience in the food business, who will lead sales and operations.

“The formation of ProEgg is a deliberate response by our members to an ever-changing egg market,” said Herrera. “Combining production under the cooperative umbrella will promote stability within the egg supply chain, create contingencies to avoid supply disruption, develop sustainable logistics and maximize the available egg volume in the region.”

ProEgg will begin serving customers in 2023 and will be headquartered in Aurora, Colorado.  The cooperative serves Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

About ProEgg

ProEgg is a farmer cooperative of eight longtime egg producers with farms across the western United States. Together, ProEgg members aggregate egg supplies and sell shell eggs through the cooperative’s 13-state area to grocery and foodservice customers. For more information, visit ProEgg.com.

— ProEgg

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