Iowa egg production during July 2022 was 941 million eggs, up 4 percent from last month but down 26 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 2022 was 37.0 million, up 2 percent from last month but down 25 percent from the same month last year. Eggs per 100 layers for July were 2,541, up 3 percent from last month but down 2 percent from last July.
Iowa egg production during July 2022 was 941 million eggs, up 4 percent from last month but down 26 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 2022 was 37.0 million, up 2 percent from last month but down 25 percent from the same month last year. Eggs per 100 layers for July were 2,541, up 3 percent from last month but down 2 percent from last July.
United States egg production totaled 9.00 billion during July 2022, down 3 percent from last year. Production included 7.69 billion table eggs, and 1.31 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.22 billion were broiler-type and 90.7 million were egg-type. The average number of layers during July 2022 totaled 368 million, down 4 percent from last year. July egg production per 100 layers was 2,449 eggs, up 2 percent from July 2021.
Total layers in the United States on August 1, 2022, totaled 369 million, down 4 percent from last year. The 369 million layers consisted of 303 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 63.0 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.49 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on August 1, 2022, averaged 79.0 eggs per 100 layers, up 2 percent from August 1, 2021.
Egg-type chicks hatched during July 2022 totaled 50.1 million, down 2 percent from July 2021. Eggs in incubators totaled 49.9 million on August 1, 2022, up 11 percent from a year ago.
Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 166 thousand during July 2022, down 17 percent from July 2021.
Broiler-type chicks hatched during July 2022 totaled 859 million, up 2 percent from July 2021. Eggs in incubators totaled 727 million on August 1, 2022, up 2 percent from a year ago.
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