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New York egg production dips slightly in March

New York farms produced 149 million eggs in March, down 0.6 percent from 149.9 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 March, a drop of 1.8 percent from 5.82 million in the same month in […]

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New York farms produced 149 million eggs in March, down 0.6 percent from 149.9 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 March, a drop of 1.8 percent from 5.82 million in the same month in 2021. March egg production per 100 layers rose 1.2 percent to 2,608 eggs from 2,577 eggs in March 2021.

In neighboring Pennsylvania, farms produced 771 million eggs in March, up 12 percent from 687 million eggs a year ago.

U.S. egg production totaled 9.39 billion eggs in March, off 0.7 percent from 9.46 billion eggs in March 2021. 

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