More about Egg Industry you can learn from the official site of The American Egg Board (AEB). It gives a lot of information on value of the incredible egg. AEB mission is to increase demand for egg and egg products on behalf of U.S. egg producers.
According to the AEB, the egg consumption per capita in the US in 2008 is around 249.7. It is calculated by dividing total egg production by total population.
And below you will find the list of the top ten egg producing states (ranked by number of layers represented in thousands):
- 1.Iowa – 52,598
- 2. Ohio – 25,587
- 3. Indiana – 23,751
- 4. Pennsylvania – 20,461
- 5. California – 18,312
- 6. Texas – 14,092
- 7. Florida – 10,402
- 8. Nebraska – 9,904
- 9. Minnesota – 9,726
- 10. Georgia – 9,513
We see that Iowa is the leader in the US in the production of the eggs in the USA. It has more than 80 egg producers, which are producing around 14,25 billion eggs in a year. The headquarter of Iowa Egg Council is located in the Urbandale. It has nice list of events, one of them is White House Library Tour which will take place in different cities of Iowa (Muscatine, Mount Pleasant, Boone and Eagle Grove) from April to July. We encourage you to visit one of this exhibitions and in case you will need to spend there night or more Indianapolis hotels are at your service.