New York egg production drops slightly in August

New York farms produced 148.5 million eggs in August, down 0.4 percent from 149.1 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 nearly 5.7 million in August, nearly unchanged from the same month in 2020. August egg production per 100 layers fell 0.5 percent to 2,612 eggs from 2,625 eggs in August 2020.

In neighboring Pennsylvania, farms produced 801 million eggs in August, up almost 3 percent from more than 778 million eggs a year earlier.

U.S. egg production totaled more than 9.39 billion eggs in August, up 0.4 percent from over 9.35 billion eggs in August 2020.