Iowa Ag Connection - Iowa Egg Production Up 1 Percent from Last Month

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Iowa Egg Production Up 1 Percent from Last Month
Iowa Ag Connection - 05/25/2016

Iowa egg production during April 2016 was 1.09 billion eggs, down 17 percent from last year, but up 2 percent from last month, 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 April 2016 was 49.2 million, down 12 percent from last year, but up 3 percent from last month. Eggs per 100 layers for April were 2,203, down 5 percent from last year, and down 1 percent from last month.

United States egg production totaled 8.21 billion during April 2016, down 1 percent from last year. Production included 7.10 billion table eggs, and 1.11 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.02 billion were broiler-type and 93 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during April 2016 averaged 361 million, down slightly from last year. April egg production per 100 layers was 2,273 eggs, down 1 percent from April 2015. All layers in the United States on May 1, 2016 totaled 361 million, up 1 percent from last year. The 361 million layers consisted of 302 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 54.8 million layers producing broilertype hatching eggs, and 3.95 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on May 1, 2016, averaged 76.0 eggs per 100 layers, up slightly from May 1, 2015.

Egg-type chicks hatched during April 2016 totaled 49.4 million, down 2 percent from April 2015. Eggs in incubators totaled 52.5 million on May 1, 2016, up 8 percent from a year ago.

Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 240 thousand during April 2016, up 10 percent from April 2015.

Broiler-type chicks hatched during April 2016 totaled 781 million, up 1 percent from April 2015. Eggs in incubators totaled 650 million on May 1, 2016, down slightly from a year ago.

Leading breeders placed 7.77 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during April 2016, up 11 percent from April 2015.

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