Wisconsin Chicken and Eggs
Wisconsin egg production during December 2019 was 200 million eggs, up 4 percent from last month and up 24 percent from last year, according to the latest Chickens and Eggs report from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This is the highest egg production on record for Wisconsin, surpassing the previous record of 193 million eggs produced in November 2019.
The average number of all layers on hand during December 2019 was 7.95 million, up 2 percent from last month and up 16 percent from last year. Eggs per 100 layers for December were 2,514, up 2 percent from last month and up 7 percent from last year.
United States Chickens & Eggs
United States egg production totaled 9.80 billion during December 2019, up 4 percent from last year. Production included 8.59 billion table eggs, and 1.21 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.12 billion were broiler-type and 88.6 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during December 2019 averaged 403 million, up 3 percent from last year. December egg production per 100 layers was 2,429 eggs, up 1 percent from December 2018.
All layers in the United States on January 1, 2020 totaled 404 million, up 3 percent from last year. The 404 million layers consisted of 341 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 59.9 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.50 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on January 1, 2020, averaged 78.0 eggs per 100 layers, up 1 percent from January 1, 2019.
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