New York farms produced $42.8 million eggs in January, down 2 percent from 146.2 million eggs in the year-ago period, the USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The total number of layers in the Empire State decreased by nearly 3 percent in January to 5.54 million from 5.7 million a year prior. New […]
New York farms produced $42.8 million eggs in January, down 2 percent from 146.2 million eggs in the year-ago period, the USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.
The total number of layers in the Empire State decreased by nearly 3 percent in January to 5.54 million from 5.7 million a year prior.
New York egg production per 100 layers totaled 2,580 eggs in January, up less than 1 percent from 2,564 eggs in January 2017.
In neighboring Pennsylvania, egg production increased more than 2 percent to 706.3 million eggs in January, from 693.6 million eggs a year earlier, the USDA reported.
Nationally, U.S. farms produced 8.98 billion eggs in January, down almost 1 percent from 9.05 billion eggs a year prior, the USDA reported.
