New York egg production up more than 2 percent in April

New York farms produced 142.7 million eggs in April, up 2.3 percent from 139.5 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 under 5.74 million in April, up more than 3.7 percent from nearly 5.53 million layers a year ago. April egg production per 100 layers dropped 1.4 percent to 2,488 eggs from 2,523 eggs in April 2020.

In neighboring Pennsylvania, farms produced almost 739 million eggs during April, down 2 percent from more than 753 million eggs a year earlier.

U.S. egg production totaled more than 9.19 billion eggs in April, up 1 percent from under 9.1 billion eggs in April 2020.