New York farms produced 131.6 million eggs in November, down 4 percent from 137.1 million eggs in the year-earlier period, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The total number of layers in the Empire State rose less than 1 percent in November to 5.47 million from 5.42 million a year prior. New […]
New York farms produced 131.6 million eggs in November, down 4 percent from 137.1 million eggs in the year-earlier period, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.
The total number of layers in the Empire State rose less than 1 percent in November to 5.47 million from 5.42 million a year prior.
New York egg production per 100 layers totaled 2,406 eggs in November, down nearly 5 percent from 2,528 eggs in November 2017.
In neighboring Pennsylvania, egg production fell slightly to 689.6 million eggs in November from 694.4 million eggs a year earlier, the USDA reported.
Nationally, U.S. farms produced nearly 9.1 billion eggs in November, up more than 3 percent from less than 8.8 billion eggs a year earlier, the USDA reported.
