Mantiqueira USA’s acquisition of Buckeye-based Hickman Egg Ranch is a positive move for the farm that lost nearly all of its 6 million chickens to avian flu, according to president and CEO Glenn Hickman.

“It’s more than our family wants to happen again,” Hickman said on KTAR on Nov. 17.

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“I think the last few years in the egg business has been pretty tough. We’ve had the advent of the avian flu” and it continues with no sign of abatement. The federal government declined to get involved to figure out a solution, he added.

The Buckeye-based, 80-year-old company’s acquisition is said to be finalized by the end of the year, pending customary closing conditions.

Colorado-based MTQ USA is a newly formed egg produ

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