Wisconsin egg production during January was 180 million eggs, down 2 percent from December and down 4 percent from last year, according to the latest chickens and eggs report from the USDA.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service’s report shows the average number of all layers on hand during January was 7.11 million, down 2 percent from December and down 6 percent from January 2021. Eggs per 100 layers for January were 2,534, down slightly from December but up 3 percent from last January.
U.S. egg production totaled 9.59 billion during January, up 1 percent from last year. Production included 8.29 billion table eggs, and 1.31 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.22 billion were broiler-type and 89.7 million were egg-type.
The total number of layers during January 2022 averaged 391 million, down 1 percent from last year. January egg production per 100 layers was 2,452 eggs, up 2 percent from January 2021.
All layers in the U.S. on Feb. 1 totaled 390 million, down 1 percent from last year. The 390 million layers consisted of 323 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 63.6 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.56 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on Feb. 1 averaged 78.9 eggs per 100 layers, up 2 percent from the same time last year.
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