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Iowa Egg Production Up 4 Percent
Iowa Ag Connection - 11/22/2017

Iowa egg production during October 2017 was 1.33 billion eggs, up 4 percent from last month and up 3 percent from last year, according to the latest Chickens and Eggs report from the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.

The average number of all layers on hand during October 2017 was 55.5 million, a slight increase from last month and up 3 percent from last year. Eggs per 100 layers for September were 2,403, up 3 percent from last month but down 1 percent from last year.

United States egg production totaled 8.83 billion during October 2017, down slightly from last year. Production included 7.67 billion table eggs, and 1.16 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.08 billion were broiler-type and 73.0 million were egg-type. The average number of layers during October 2017 totaled 374 million, up 1 percent from last year. October egg production per 100 layers was 2,359 eggs, down 1 percent from October 2016.

All layers in the United States on November 1, 2017 totaled 375 million, up 1 percent from last year. The 375 million layers consisted of 315 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 56.8 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.12 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on November 1, 2017, averaged 76.4 eggs per 100 layers, down 1 percent from November 1, 2016.

Egg-type chicks hatched during October 2017 totaled 51.0 million, up 18 percent from October 2016. Eggs in incubators totaled 44.9 million on November 1, 2017, up 9 percent from a year ago.

Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 198 thousand during October 2017, down 39 percent from October 2016.

Broiler-type chicks hatched during October 2017 totaled 794 million, up 2 percent from October 2016. Eggs in incubators totaled 650 million on November 1, 2017, up 3 percent from a year ago.

Leading breeders placed 7.59 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during October 2017, up 10 percent from October 2016.

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