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Minnesota Egg Production Up 3 Percent from 2020
Minnesota Ag Connection - 07/23/2021

Minnesota egg production during June 2021 was 194 million eggs, down 5% from last month but up 3% from a year ago, according to the latest Chickens and Eggs report from the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.

The average number of all layers on hand during June 2021 was 8.14 million, up 1% from last month but down 2% from last June. Eggs per 100 layers for June were 2,387, down 6% from last month but up 5% from June 2020.

United States egg production totaled 9.04 billion during June 2021, up 2% from last year. Production included 7.77 billion table eggs, and 1.27 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.20 billion were broiler-type and 76.6 million were egg-type. The average number of layers during June 2021 totaled 384 million, up slightly from last year. June egg production per 100 layers was 2,356 eggs, up 2% from June 2020.

Total layers in the United States on July 1, 2021 totaled 384 million, up 1% from last year. The 384 million layers consisted of 317 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 63.7 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 2.84 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on July 1, 2021, averaged 78.7 eggs per 100 layers, up 1% from July 1, 2020.

Egg-type chicks hatched during June 2021 totaled 53.4 million, down 4% from June 2020. Eggs in incubators totaled 50.9 million on July 1, 2021, up 10% from a year ago.

Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 288 thousand during June 2021, down 23% from June 2020.

Broiler-type chicks hatched during June 2021 totaled 824 million, down 1% from June 2020. Eggs in incubators totaled 715 million on July 1, 2021, up 2% from a year ago.


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