New York egg production edges up in December

New York farms produced 150.5 million eggs in December, up 0.2 percent from 150.2 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 nearly 5.86 million in December, up 1.4 percent from 5.78 million layers a year prior. December egg production per 100 layers fell 1.2 percent to 2,568 eggs from 2,598 eggs in December 2019.

In neighboring Pennsylvania, farms produced nearly 781 million eggs during December, down 2.4 percent from 799 million a year earlier.

U.S. egg production totaled almost 9.6 billion eggs in December, off 2.2 percent from more than 9.8 billion eggs produced in December 2019.