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Nebraska Layers Down Over 2 Million from 2016
Nebraska Ag Connection - 08/23/2017

All layers in Nebraska during July 2017 totaled 7.81 million, down from 9.23 million the previous year, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Nebraska egg production during July totaled 207 million eggs, down from 230 million in 2016. July egg production per 100 layers was 2,651 eggs, compared to 2,489 eggs in 2016.

United States egg production totaled 8.91 billion during July 2017, up 3 percent from last year. Production included 7.74 billion table eggs, and 1.17 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.09 billion were broiler-type and 74.9 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during July 2017 averaged 371 million, up 2 percent from last year. July egg production per 100 layers was 2,401 eggs, up 1 percent from July 2016.

All layers in the United States on August 1, 2017 totaled 371 million, up 2 percent from last year. The 371 million layers consisted of 311 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 56.9 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.12 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on August 1, 2017, averaged 77.6 eggs per 100 layers, up 1 percent from August 1, 2016.

Egg-type chicks hatched during July 2017 totaled 41.6 million, down slightly from July 2016. Eggs in incubators totaled 40.0 million on August 1, 2017, up 6 percent from a year ago.

Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 316 thousand during July 2017, up 10 percent from July 2016.

Broiler-type chicks hatched during July 2017 totaled 826 million, up 2 percent from July 2016. Eggs in incubators totaled 680 million on August 1, 2017, up 5 percent from a year ago.

Leading breeders placed 7.09 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during July 2017, down 8 percent from July 2016.


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