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Minnesota egg production for March

[/title][fusion_text]Friday, April 22nd 2016

Minnesota egg production during March 2016 was 225 million eggs, up 8 percent from last month, but down 22 percent from last year, according to the latest Chickens and Eggs release from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The average number of all layers on hand during March 2016 was 9.50 million, up 3 percent from last month, but down 19 percent from last year. Eggs per 100 layers for the month of March were 2,368, up 5 percent from last month, but down 4 percent from last year. United States egg production totaled 8.50 billion during March 2016, down 2 percent from last year. Production included 7.36 billion table eggs, and 1.14 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.05 billion were broiler-type and 91 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during March 2016 averaged 361 million, down 1 percent from last year. March egg production per 100 layers was 2,353 eggs, down slightly from March 2015. All layers in the United States on April 1, 2016 totaled 361 million, down 1 percent from last year. The 361 million layers consisted of 303 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 54.9 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.74 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on April 1, 2016, averaged 75.5 eggs per 100 layers, down 2 percent from April 1, 2015.

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