WASHINGTON — U.S. egg production totaled 8.5 billion during March 2016, down 2 percent from last year, notes USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Production included 7.36 billion table eggs, and 1.14 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.05 billion were broiler-type and 91 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during March averaged 361 million, down 1 percent from last year. March egg production per 100 layers was 2,353 eggs, down slightly from March 2015.
All layers in the U.S. on April 1, totaled 361 million, down 1 percent from last. . .
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