WASHINGTON — The total number of layers in the U.S. on April 1 were 383 million, a 2 percent increase from the same time last year. Of this 383 million, 314 million layers were for table eggs, 64.9 million layers for broiler-type hatching eggs, and 4 million for egg-type hatching eggs, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service notes in a recent report.
Egg production for March was down 3 percent, NASS reports, with total U.S. egg production for the month at 9.21 billion.
“Production included 7.88 billion table eggs and 1.33 billion. . .
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