March 2, 2011

US egg output increases in January

US egg production amounted 7.83 billion during January 2011, up 1% from 2010, according to figures from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board and USDA.

Production included 6.75 billion table eggs, and 1.08 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.01 billion were broiler-type and 70 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during January 2011 averaged 342 million, up slightly from last year. January egg production per 100 layers was 2,289 eggs, up 1% from January 2010.

All layers in the US on February 1, 2011, totalled 340 million, up slightly from last year. The 340 million layers consisted of 283 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 54.4 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 2.99 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on February 1, 2011, averaged 73.4 eggs per 100 layers, up 1% from February 1, 2010.