New York egg production rises more than 2 percent in January

New York farms produced 149.9 million eggs in January, up 2.25 percent from 146.6 million eggs in the year-prior month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reported.

The number of layers in the Empire State averaged 5.73 million in the first month of this year, off 0.3 percent from nearly 5.75 million in the year-ago month. January egg production per 100 layers increased 2.5 percent to 2,615 eggs from 2,551 eggs in January 2022.

In neighboring Pennsylvania, egg production fell 17 percent to 663 million eggs in January from nearly 804 million eggs a year earlier.

U.S. egg production totaled almost 9.06 billion eggs in January, off 6.4 percent from nearly 9.7 billion eggs in January 2022.