In advance of the monthly review of eggs statistics and costs posted in EGG-NEWS during the second week of the month, data on August flocks and production, as released by USDA on September 22nd is provided for information:-

• In August 2021, 8,116 million table eggs (676.33 million dozen) were produced representing a 0.23 percent increase over August 2020.
• On August 1st, 319.3 million table egg layers were housed, 0.8 percent more than in August 2020.
• During August 2021, average hen housed production attained 82.0 percent, 0.6 percent less than the 82.5 percent for August 2020
• Effective August 1st, 2.0 percent of hens were molted compared to 1.6 percent during the corresponding month of 2020
• At thed beginning of August, 13.2 percent of hens had completed a molt compared to 14.7 percent during the corresponding month of 2020.