LINCOLN — Nebraska’s layer numbers during 2023 averaged 7.50 million, up 8% from 2022, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The annual average production per layer on hand in 2023 was 298 eggs, up 3% from 2022.
Nebraska egg production during the year ending Nov. 30, 2023, totaled 2.24 billion eggs, up 12% from 2022.
Total number of chickens on hand on Dec. 1, 2023, (excluding commercial broilers) was 10.5 million birds, up 13% from last year.
The total value of all chickens in Nebraska on Dec. 1, 2023, was $56.8 million, up 11% from Dec. 1, 2022. The average value decreased from $5.50 per bird on Dec. 1, 2022, to $5.40 per bird on Dec. 1, 2023.
