Recently the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Chickens and Eggs report for January 2018 was released. The report found that during January 2018 there were 166 million eggs produced in Wisconsin. This was a decrease of 3 percent from December but up 18 percent from last year.
The report also showed that the average number of all layers on hand during January 2018 in the badger state was 6.62 million. This is down 3 percent from December but up 16 percent from last year. Eggs per 100 layers for January were 2,511, down 1 percent from December but up 2 percent January 2017.
Then looking at the entire United States the USDA report showed that egg production totaled 8.98 billion during January 2018, down 1 percent from last year. Production included 7.84 billion table eggs, and 1.14 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.06 billion were broiler-type and 79.9 million were egg-type.
The total number of layers during January 2018 in the United States averaged 382 million, up 1 percent from last year. January egg production per 100 layers was 2,351 eggs, down 2 percent from January 2017. All layers in the United States on February 1, 2018 totaled 382 million, up 1 percent from last year. The 382 million layers consisted of 320 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 57.8 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.42 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on February 1, 2018, averaged 75.5 eggs per 100 layers, down 2 percent from February 1, 2017.
Egg-type chicks hatched during January 2018 totaled 52.2 million, up 16 percent from January 2017. Eggs in incubators totaled 51.4 million on February 1, 2018, up 7 percent from a year ago. Broiler-type chicks hatched during January 2018 totaled 823 million, up 2 percent from January 2017. Eggs in incubators totaled 674 million on February 1, 2018, up 2 percent from a year ago.
The complete USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Chickens and Eggs report can be found under Publications on the USDA NASS website, www.nass.usda.gov.
