PHOENIX — Mantiqueira USA (MTQ USA), a joint venture between a Brazilian company and food organization, announced Friday that it is set to acquire Hickman’s Family Farm.
According to the announcement, the joint venture and egg producer have entered a binding agreement and the transaction is expected to be complete by the end of the year.
The acquisition comes after the West Valley egg farms lost 3 million egg-laying chicken to bird flu earlier this year in May…