New York egg production dips more than 1 percent

New York farms produced 144.2 million eggs in September, down 1.1 percent from 145.8 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 5.71 million in September, a decline of 1.2 percent from nearly 5.78 million in the same month in 2020. September egg production per 100 layers was nearly unchanged at 2,525 eggs, compared to 2,523 eggs in September 2020.

In neighboring Pennsylvania, farms produced 782 million eggs in September, up almost 5 percent from more than 745 million eggs a year before.

U.S. egg production totaled 9.18 billion eggs in September, up nearly 1.4 percent from almost 9.06 billion eggs in September 2020.