en.Wedoany.com Reported - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released data showing that the United States produced 9.212 billion eggs in May, a 5% increase year-on-year. This growth was driven by a 4% rise in the laying hen population to 375.203 million birds, along with a slight increase in average productivity to 2,455 eggs per 100 hens.

The expansion of the laying hen flock is attributed to producers continuing to recover from the impact of highly pathogenic avian influenza, while striving to maintain profitability amid efforts to sustain supplies for consumers and hatcheries. Placements of broiler-type and egg-type pullet chicks for future hatching and breeding flocks also exceeded levels from the same period last year, signaling further expansion later this year. The USDA will release an updated annual egg production forecast on July 10.

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