New York egg production edges down in July

New York farms produced 146.8 million eggs in July, down 0.3 percent from 147.3 million eggs in the year-ago period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.

The number of layers in the Empire State averaged 5.7 million in July, up almost 1.1 percent from 5.64 million layers a year prior. July egg production per 100 layers dropped nearly 1.4 percent to 2,576 eggs from 2,612 eggs in July 2020.

In neighboring Pennsylvania, farms produced almost 784 million eggs during July, down 3 percent from nearly 808 million eggs a year before.

U.S. egg production totaled almost 9.39 billion eggs in July, up 0.8 percent from nearly 9.32 billion eggs in July 2020.