January manufacturing totalled 665.1 million dozen
28 Could 2024
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US desk egg manufacturing totalled 665.1 million dozen in January, up 2.6% from January 2023, in keeping with the newest USDA Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook report.
The January flock averaged 310.4 million birds, solely barely above final 12 months, and 19.3 million birds under the 5-year common for January.
The year-over-year enhance in egg manufacturing is especially attributed to a mean each day lay fee of 82.9 eggs per 100 layers, a 2.5% enhance from final January.
Desk egg layer stock was 309.3 million birds on the primary of February, down barely each month over month and 12 months over 12 months. Primarily based on the decline in flock measurement, projected first-quarter desk egg manufacturing is adjusted down by 10 million dozen to 1,940 million dozen.
The outlying quarterly projections are unchanged at 1,975 million dozen within the second quarter, 2,015 million dozen within the third, and a pair of,060 million dozen within the fourth quarter.
In complete, the 2024 desk egg projection is 7,990 million dozen, a rise of 1.6% 12 months over 12 months.
