Maxwell Farms, LLC, Goldsboro, N.C., and Seaboard Corporation,  Merriam, Kan., said they finalized a nine-month purchase of turkey processor Butterball, LLC from Murphy-Brown, LLC.

Following an early morning announcement that minority joint venture partner Smithfield Foods Inc. would like to purchase Butterball LLC, the turkey company's majority owner, Maxwell Farms, LLC, issued its own statement.