United States of America - Number of animals producing eggs

379,304 (thousand head) in 2022

In 2022, number of animals producing eggs for United States of America was 379,304 thousand head. Number of animals producing eggs of United States of America increased from 290,588 thousand head in 1973 to 379,304 thousand head in 2022 growing at an average annual rate of 0.56%.

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What is number of animals producing eggs?

Eggs and Egg products. Egg production by type of poultry should refer to the total production of eggs in the shell by all types of hens in both the traditional sector (individually owned small flocks) and the modern sector (large-scale, intensive commercial poultry farms).Total productions include eggs for hatching but exclude waste of farms. Countries should report in terms of both numbers and weight.FAO lists seven egg and egg products items, including four primary and three processed products.

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