USDA Iowa chicken and eggs report

Egg production in Iowa for during February 2014 was 1.13 billion eggs, down 10 percent from last month, but up 1 percent from last year, according to the latest Chickens and Eggs release from USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

The total number of layers on hand during February was 54.0 million, up 1 percent from last month, and up 2 percent from the 53.0 million in February 2013. Eggs per 100 layers for the month of February were 2,087 down 10 percent from last month, and down 1 percent from 2,101 last year.