Brazil's Mantiqueira USA to acquire Hickman's Family Farms, helping the latter recover from a bird flu outbreak and marking Mantiqueira's entry into the U.S. market.

Hickman's Family Farms, Arizona’s largest egg producer, sold its business after a devastating avian flu outbreak forced the euthanasia of millions of birds. The buyer, Mantiqueira USA, is a newly ...

TONOPAH, AZ (AZFamily) — The largest egg producer in the Southwest is trying to bounce back after a severe bird flu outbreak wiped out a majority of its chickens. In May, Hickman’s Family Farms was ...

Hickman’s Family Farms, Arizona’s largest egg producer for eight decades, was sold to global food giants. Here's what it ...

Hickman’s Family Farms, an Arizona egg producer, is being acquired by Brazilian company Mantiqueira USA after losing approximately 95% (6 million) of its flock this year due to the bird flu. Company ...

It was a quiet summer for bird flu: Egg prices fell a bit, fewer sick poultry flocks were culled on farms, and officials took a breath. “It was lovely,” said Shauna Voss, the assistant director of the ...