Wisconsin egg production during July was 181 million eggs, down 2 percent from June and down 8 percent from a year ago, according to the latest report from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.
The average number of all layers on hand during July was just over 7 million, down 6 percent from June and down 10 percent from last July. Eggs per 100 layers for July were roughly 2,570, up 4 percent from last month and up 2 percent from last year.
Nationally, egg production is up 1 percent from a year ago at nearly 9.4 billion during July. Production included 8.1 billion table eggs, and nearly 1.3 billion hatching eggs, of which more than 1.2 billion were broiler-type and 74.7 million were egg-type.
The average number of layers during July totaled 385 million, up 1 percent from last year. July egg production per 100 layers was roughly 2,440 eggs, down slightly from last July.
Total layers in the U.S. on Aug. 1 totaled 385 million, up 1 percent from last year. The 385 million layers consisted of 319 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 62.8 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and nearly 2.9 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs.
Rate of lay per day on Aug. 1 averaged 78.8 eggs per 100 layers, down 1 percent from a year before. Egg-type chicks hatched during July totaled 50.4 million, up 9 percent from last July. Eggs in incubators totaled 44 million on Aug. 1, down 5 percent from a year ago.
Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 199 thousand during July, down 32 percent from last year. Broiler-type chicks hatched during July totaled 844 million, down 1 percent from a year before. Eggs in incubators totaled 718 million on Aug. 1, up 4 percent from a year ago.
