EAST LANSING, Mich. — All layers in Ohio totaled 42.4 million during July, up 6 percent from a year ago, according to Ben Torrance, State Statistician, USDA NASS, Ohio Field Office. Egg production totaled 1.09 billion eggs, up 10 percent from last year. The Ohio rate of lay during July was 2,581 eggs per 100 layers.
United States egg production totaled 9.06 billion during July 2024, down 2 percent from last year. Production included 7.76 billion table eggs, and 1.30 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.20 billion were broiler-type and 99.0 million were egg-type. The average number of layers during July 2024 totaled 370 million, down 3 percent from last year. July egg production per 100 layers was 2,451 eggs, up slightly from July 2023.
Total layers in the United States on August 1, 2024 totaled 369 million, down 3 percent from last year. The 369 million layers consisted of 304 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 61.5 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.76 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on August 1, 2024, averaged 79.0 eggs per 100 layers, up slightly from August 1, 2023.
Turkey eggs in incubators on August 1, 2024 in the United States totaled 24.8 million, down 9 percent from August 1, 2023. Turkey poults hatched during July 2024 in the United States totaled 20.3 million, down 10 percent from July 2023. The 20.2 million net poults placed during July 2024 in the United States were down 10 percent from the number placed during the same month a year earlier.
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— USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service