Wisconsin egg production during August was 215 million eggs, up 44 percent from the previous August, according to the latest report from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.
The average number of all layers on hand during August was 8.02 million, up 41 percent from last year. Eggs per 100 layers for August 2023 was 2,684, up 2 percent from a year ago.
Layer numbers and egg production plummeted in 2022 due to the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.
U.S. egg production totaled 9.38 billion during August, up 2 percent from last year.
The average number of layers during August 2023 totaled 384 million, up 3 percent from last year. August egg production per 100 layers was 2,440 eggs, down slightly from August 2022.
Total layers on Sep. 1 totaled 386 million, up 3 percent from last year. Rate of lay per day averaged 78.4 eggs per 100 layers, down 1 percent from September 2022.
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