WI Egg Production Higher Than Pre-HPAI

Wisconsin egg production during November was 200 million eggs, up 39 percent from November 2022, according to the latest USDA Report.

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza brought production numbers down in 2022. As you can see in the graph below, this year’s egg production is also above 2021 numbers.

The National Agricultural Statistics Service chickens and eggs report says U.S. egg production totaled 9.30 billion during November 2023, up 4 percent from last year.

In Wisconsin, the average number of all layers on hand during November was 7.98 million. That’s up 40 percent from last year. Eggs per 100 layers for November was 2,510, down slightly from November 2022.

Total layers in the U.S. on Dec. 1 totaled 389 million, up 3 percent from last year. Rate of lay per day averaged 79.4 eggs per 100 layers, up 1 percent from Dec. 1, 2022.