Iowa Ag Connection - Iowa Layers Up 5 Percent from 2016

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Iowa Layers Up 5 Percent from 2016
Iowa Ag Connection - 08/23/2017

Iowa egg production during July 2017 was 1.35 billion eggs, up 3 percent from last month, and up 9 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 July 2017 was 54.9 million, up slightly from last month and up 5 percent from last year. Eggs per 100 layers for July were 2,465, up 3 percent from both last month and last year.

United States egg production totaled 8.91 billion during July 2017, up 3 percent from last year. Production included 7.74 billion table eggs, and 1.17 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.09 billion were broiler-type and 74.9 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during July 2017 averaged 371 million, up 2 percent from last year. July egg production per 100 layers was 2,401 eggs, up 1 percent from July 2016.

All layers in the United States on August 1, 2017 totaled 371 million, up 2 percent from last year. The 371 million layers consisted of 311 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 56.9 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.12 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on August 1, 2017, averaged 77.6 eggs per 100 layers, up 1 percent from August 1, 2016.

Egg-type chicks hatched during July 2017 totaled 41.6 million, down slightly from July 2016. Eggs in incubators totaled 40.0 million on August 1, 2017, up 6 percent from a year ago.

Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 316 thousand during July 2017, up 10 percent from July 2016.

Broiler-type chicks hatched during July 2017 totaled 826 million, up 2 percent from July 2016. Eggs in incubators totaled 680 million on August 1, 2017, up 5 percent from a year ago.

Leading breeders placed 7.09 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during July 2017, down 8 percent from July 2016.

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