Wisconsin Egg Production Up
Sunday, June 26th, 2016 -- 6:49 AM
Wisconsin egg production during May was 135 million eggs, up 26 percent from last year, and two percent higher from last month.The latest Chickens and Eggs report from the USDA notes that the average number of all layers on hand during May was 5.80 million, up 29 percent from 2015, and up three percent from April. Eggs per 100 layers for May were 2,329 in Wisconsin, down two percent from last year, and one percent below last month.
Nationally, egg production totaled 8.52 billion during, up five percent from year-ago figures. Production included 7.36 billion table eggs, and 1.16 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.06 billion were broiler-type and 100 million were egg-type. The total number of layers on the nation's farms in May averaged 361 million, up four percent from last year. (Wisconsin Ag Connection)
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