Wisconsin egg production during March 2023 was 155 million eggs, up 3 percent from the previous March, according to the latest Chickens and Eggs report from the USDA’s National Agricultural
Statistics Service.
The average number of all layers on hand during March 2023 was 6.00 million, down 1 percent from last year. Eggs per 100 layers for March 2023 was 2,587, up 3 percent from a year ago.
United States egg production totaled 9.21 billion during March 2023, down 3 percent from last year. Production included 7.88 billion table eggs, and 1.33 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.23 billion were broiler-type and 106 million were egg-type. The average number of layers during March 2023 totaled 383 million, down slightly from last year. March egg production per 100 layers was 2,408 eggs, down 2 percent from March 2022.
Total layers in the United States on April 1, 2023, totaled 383 million, up 2 percent from last year. The 383 million layers consisted of 314 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 64.9 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 4.00 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on April 1, 2023, averaged 77.9 eggs per 100 layers, down 2 percent from April 1, 2022.
Egg-type chicks hatched during March 2023 totaled 59.0 million, down 2 percent from March 2022. Eggs in incubators totaled 55.5 million on April 1, 2023, down 3 percent from a year ago.
Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 201 thousand during March 2023, up 1 percent from March 2022.
Broiler-type chicks hatched during March 2023 totaled 846 million, up slightly from March 2022. Eggs in
incubators totaled 722 million on April 1, 2023, up slightly from a year ago.
The complete report can be found on the USDA NASS website at www.nass.usda.gov/Publications.
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