New York farms produced 134.6 million eggs in October, down more than 4 percent from 140.7 million eggs in the year-ago period, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The total number of layers in the Empire State rose slightly in October to 5.38 million from 5.36 million a year prior. New York […]
New York farms produced 134.6 million eggs in October, down more than 4 percent from 140.7 million eggs in the year-ago period, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.
The total number of layers in the Empire State rose slightly in October to 5.38 million from 5.36 million a year prior.
New York egg production per 100 layers totaled 2,502 eggs in October, down almost 5 percent from 2,623 eggs in October 2017.
In neighboring Pennsylvania, egg production fell slightly to 703.5 million eggs in October from 705.4 million eggs a year earlier, the USDA reported.
Nationally, U.S. farms produced more than 9.2 billion eggs in October, up more than 3 percent from 8.9 billion a year earlier, the USDA reported.
