An increased number of laying hens continues to push U.S. egg production higher. The USDA says 8.899 billion eggs were produced during June, rising 4% on the year, with 1% decrease in average production per 100 layers more than canceled out by a 5% increase in the number of layers. U.S. egg producers are rebuilding […] The post Larger laying hen supply pushes egg production gains appeared first on Brownfield Ag News .