Following a required April 2nd Filing of a WARN Act notice by Rembrandt Foods with the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce, the company committed to closing their breaking plant in Neosho. This action will displace an undisclosed number of workers in mid-June although Rembrandt will provide termination pay and counseling. The local economy has been impacted by COVID-19 restrictions and closure of other plants including a La-Z-Boy facility.

The plant was established to process surplus eggs from the Northwest Arkansas and Southwest Missouri regions that at one time had numerous broiler breeder and table egg farms sufficient to maintain an acceptable level of production. The plant was previously owned by Kraft Foods and the Osborne Family before passing to Golden Oval and then to Rembrandt Foods. With the passage of time and restrictions imposed by the 2009 FDA Final Rule on Prevention of Salmonella, the plant became less viable. The collapse of the food service sector following the advent of COVID-19 during the first quarter of 2020 sealed the fate of the plant.

Rembrandt Foods closed their Renville, MN. egg production complex in January 2020 laying off 52 employees.

Production of egg liquid will be transferred to a Rembrandt plant in Iowa.