The Associated Press
DES MOINES — Iowa egg farms are gradually recovering from the avian influenza outbreak that destroyed 25 million of the state’s egg-laying hens this spring.
The USDA says in a Nov. 23 report that Iowa egg production during October was 753 million eggs. That’s up 2 percent from September but down 47 percent from a year ago.
Iowa, typically by far the nation’s leading egg producer, fell behind Ohio where hens laid 18 million more eggs last month.
Nationally, nearly 7.8 billion eggs were produced in October. . .
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