New York egg production up slightly in January

New York farms produced 148 million eggs in January, up 0.3 percent from 147.5 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 nearly 5.79 million in January, up 1.2 percent from 5.72 million layers a year ago. January egg production per 100 layers dipped 0.9 percent to 2,557 eggs from 2,579 eggs in January 2020.

In neighboring Pennsylvania, farms produced more than 768 million eggs during January, down 2.5 percent from almost 790 million a year before.

U.S. egg production totaled 9.53 billion eggs in January, off 1.65 percent from 9.69 billion eggs produced in January 2020.