New York farms produced 1.75 billion eggs last year, up 4.6 percent from more than 1.67 billion eggs in 2019, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The total value of egg production in the Empire State was $88.1 million in 2020, up 26.5 percent from more than $69.6 million the year before. U.S. […]
New York farms produced 1.75 billion eggs last year, up 4.6 percent from more than 1.67 billion eggs in 2019, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.
The total value of egg production in the Empire State was $88.1 million in 2020, up 26.5 percent from more than $69.6 million the year before.
U.S. farms produced 111.6 billion eggs last year, down 1.4 percent from 113.2 billion eggs in 2019, according to the April 29 NASS report. However, the total value of U.S. egg production rose 18 percent to more than $8.65 billion in 2020 from more than $7.33 billion a year prior.
Annual estimates cover the period from Dec. 1 of the previous year through Nov. 30, according to NASS. It includes hatching and market (table) eggs.