By Laura Mazur
Community Post
Since 1929, Weaver Brothers Inc. have sold fresh eggs from the farm to tables.

In its third generation of the original family who started the company almost 80 years ago, owner Tim Weaver believes “quality and service at a competitive price” is what makes a company a good part of the egg production industry.
“The real assets are the employees, customers and the plant and equipment, “ he said. “Good employees, a customer mix and the state of the plant and equipment explains success.”
Weaver Brothers performs every part of the egg production. With 350 employees in its 4 processing plants, the Versailles company keeps the egg production industry going strong.
Starting out with grain farming, the Versailles-based operation mixes its own vitamin and mineral-rich feed for its hens from its feed mill.
Starting off from day-old baby chicks, the farms raise them until they are 18 weeks old and then go to the laying , or production, farms. Eggs that are laid by the 7 million hens are processed, first by washing and drying, sorted for imperfections, weighed for size and then packaged.
The company has three processing plants in Versailles and another in Bellefontaine.
Weaver Brothers markets to 14 states in the East, Southeast and Midwest parts of the country, as well as a small amount is exported.
“I grew up in it and worked in it from high school through college. When I graduated, I looked back on my experience here and decided I wanted to work here,” said Weaver. “It’s a challenging, fast-paced business that exemplifies through the entire system.”
Operating 365 days per year, Weaver said that in the egg industry itself, he sees larger efficient companies absorbing smaller ones to keep the industry going at a steady pace.
Weaver Brothers was recently one of six Ohio egg producers to donate a combined total of more than one million eggs, to charities and hunger relief providers that are supported by the 12 Second Harvest Foodbanks in Ohio. These foodbanks are part of America’s Second Harvest. Weaver Brothers donated about 4,000 dozen as its contribution to these efforts.
The contribution of 90,000 dozen eggs, or 1,080,000 eggs in all with an estimated retail value of more than $157,000, is one of several joint efforts that the foodbanks and Ohio’s egg industry have partnered on in the past seven years. This particular contribution also is part of a national donation campaign by United Egg Producers, representing egg farmers across the U.S., which has generated donations across the country during March that exceed 12 million eggs.
OASHF also has been working with Ohio’s egg industry since 2001 to provide eggs to foodbanks as part of the Ohio Agricultural Surplus Clearance Program. The program is a joint venture between OASHF, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and Ohio’s agriculture producers to provide low-income Ohioans with the food they and their families need. Since the surplus program partnership began, Ohio’s egg producers have supplied more than three million dozen eggs to the foodbank network.
Weaver said the months of November through January are the best months for sales for eggs because during these winter holiday months, people are eating heartier breakfasts.
Another holiday, Easter is coming this weekend, though, and eggs are bought at a higher rate during this time of year for traditions of decoration and consumption. Weaver said during the two weeks prior to Easter each year, the company has a 30 percent increase of sales over the annual average. He admits the coloring tradition, may not be as big today as it once was, however.
“It’s not as big, but it’s coming back. Baby boomers are doing it with their children.”