**Exhibit      21**

**Subsidiaries      of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc**

| Name of Subsidiary                         |   | Place of Incorporationor Organization |        | Percentage of Outstanding Stockor Ownership Interest Heldby Registrant |   |
|------------------------------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|                                                 |   |                                                 |        |                                                                                                      |   |
| Cal-Maine                Farms, Inc.                 |   |                                                 | Delaware    |                                                                                                      |   | 100 | % |
|                                                 |   |                                                 |        |                                                                                                      |   |   |   |
| Southern                Equipment Distributors, Inc. |   |                                                 | Mississippi |                                                                                                      |   | 100 | % |
|                                                 |   |                                                 |        |                                                                                                      |   |   |   |
| South                Texas Applicators, Inc.         |   |                                                 | Delaware    |                                                                                                      |   | 100 | % |
|                                                 |   |                                                 |        |                                                                                                      |   |   |   |
| Cal-Maine                Partnership, Ltd.           |   |                                                 | Texas       |                                                                                                      |   |   | (1) |
|                                                 |   |                                                 |        |                                                                                                      |   |   |   |
| CMF                of Kansas, LLC                    |   |                                                 | Delaware    |                                                                                                      |   |   | (2) |
|                                                 |   |                                                 |        |                                                                                                      |   |   |   |
| Hillandale,                LLC.                      |   |                                                 | Florida     |                                                                                                      |   | 64 | % |
|                                                 |   |                                                 |        |                                                                                                      |   |   |   |
| American                Egg Products, Inc.           |   |                                                 | Georgia     |                                                                                                      |   |   | (3) |
|                                                 |   |                                                 |        |                                                                                                      |   |   |   |
| Texas                Egg Products, LLC               |   |                                                 | Texas       |                                                                                                      |   | 37 | % |
|                                                 |   |                                                 |        |                                                                                                      |   |   |   |
| Benton                County Foods, LLC              |   |                                                 | Arkansas    |                                                                                                      |   | 90 | % |
|                                                 |   |                                                 |        |                                                                                                      |   |   |   |
| South                Texas Protein, LLC              |   |                                                 | Texas       |                                                                                                      |   | 30.1 | % |
|                                                 |   |                                                 |        |                                                                                                      |   |   |   |
| Texas                Egg, LLC                        |   |                                                 | Texas       |                                                                                                      |   | 43 | % |
|                                                 |   |                                                 |        |                                                                                                      |   |   |   |
| Zephyr Egg,                LLC             |   |                                                 | Florida     |                                                                                                      |   |  100 | % |

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| (1) | Limited                partnership in which Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. has a 1% General Partner                interest and Cal-Maine Farms, Inc. has a 99% Limited Partner                interest. |
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| (2) | Limited                liability company of which Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. and Cal-Maine Farms,                Inc.                are members and have 99% and 1% interests,                respectively. |
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| (3) | Cal-Maine                Foods,                Inc. 44% and Hillandale, LLC. 27% |
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