Egg Production Up 5% in April

According to USDA, U.S. egg production rose 5% year-over-year in April as the number of layers also increased.

Output totaled 8.92 billion eggs last month, up from 8.49 billion during the same month last year. That included 7.65 billion table eggs and 1.27 billion hatching eggs.  Of the latter, 1.16 billion were broiler types, and 112 million were egg types.

U.S. egg layers on May 1st totaled 373 million, a four percent increase on an annual basis.  That consisted of 307 million producing table eggs, 61.5 million laying broiler-type hatching varieties, and 4.61 million producing egg-type hatching eggs.  Hatchings of egg-type chicks fell slightly to 61 million in April, while eggs in incubators on May 1st fell 2% to 59.5 million.

April broiler-type chicks hatched rose 3% annually to 867 million, while eggs in incubators in early April totaled 770 million, also a 3% increase.

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