Rembrandt Foods of Spirit Lake, South Dakota, is planning to
develop a three-million-bird cage-free egg-layer operation near Lake Preston, S.D.
Rembrandt president Dave Rettig says growing consumer demand
for cage-free eggs has pushed more than 100 food companies, including Wal-Mart
and McDonalds, to switch to cage-free eggs in the next decade.
Construction is expected to begin this year and it will be
ready for hens next year.
Rembrandt also has facilities in Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota
and Alabama.
