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New York state egg production rose 2.5 percent in April

New York farms produced 146.2 million eggs in April, up 2.5 percent from 142.7 million eggs in the year-ago month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The number of layers in the Empire State edged up 0.4 percent to 5.76 million in April from 5.74 million in the same month in 2021. […]

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New York farms produced 146.2 million eggs in April, up 2.5 percent from 142.7 million eggs in the year-ago month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.

The number of layers in the Empire State edged up 0.4 percent to 5.76 million in April from 5.74 million in the same month in 2021. April egg production per 100 layers rose 2.1 percent to 2,540 eggs from 2,488 eggs in April 2021.

In neighboring Pennsylvania, farms produced 682 million eggs in April, up more than 5 percent from over 649 million eggs a year earlier.

U.S. egg production totaled 8.82 billion eggs in the fourth month of the year, off 3.3 percent from 9.12 billion eggs in April 2021.

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