New York egg production dips nearly 1 percent in January

New York farms produced 146.6 million eggs in January, down 0.95 percent from 148 million eggs in the year-prior period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.

The number of layers in the Empire State averaged almost 5.75 million in January, a drop of 0.7 percent from nearly 5.79 million in the same month in 2021. January egg production per 100 layers was nearly unchanged at 2,551 eggs, compared to 2,557 eggs in January 2021.

In neighboring Pennsylvania, farms produced 803.6 million eggs in January, up almost 13 percent from 713.1 million eggs a year before.

U.S. egg production totaled more than 9.59 billion eggs in January, up 1.2 percent from over 9.48 billion eggs in January 2021.