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Wisconsin's May egg production rose 10% from April but was down 33% from May 2021, according to USDA data. Average layer numbers were just over five million, versus 7.5 million a year earlier, after avian influenza hit flocks including a 2.7 million hen depopulation in March.
Lower layer numbers in a major egg-producing state reduce national egg supply and keep prices elevated. Gradual flock recovery would ease that pressure over time.
brownfieldagnews.comLarry LeeJun 27, 2022Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
