MO egg processing facility doubling operation

Egg washing and packing facility Egg Central Station in Springfield, Missouri is expanding.

The facility, operated by Vital Farms, is nearly doubling in size which the group says will create more than 50 agriculture related jobs.

Missouri Partnership Vice President of Business Development Dennis Pruitt tells Brownfield the site is well placed to serve as an egg distribution hub to the Southwest U.S.

“The benefit of being near some of the large poultry processing facilities in northern Arkansas, that’s going to continue to be a big benefit for southwest Missouri,” Pruitt said.

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