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Iowa Records Highest Rate of Lay in 8 Years
Iowa Ag Connection - 09/26/2016
Iowa egg production during August 2016 was 1.29 billion eggs, up 4 percent from last month, and up 68 percent from last year, according to the latest Chickens and Eggs report from the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.
The average number of all layers on hand during August 2016 was 52.6 million, up 1 percent from last month, and up 56 percent from last year.
Eggs per 100 layers for August were 2,458, up 3 percent from last month, and up 8 percent from last year. This is Iowa's highest rate of lay recorded in the past eight years.
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