Percentage of egg-laying hens on megafarms

FarmKind analysis of USDA data for 2022 shows that megafarms with inventory of >100,000 laying hens account for 75% of the national flock (despite making up 0.1% of total egg farms).

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Source: FarmKind analysisEmbed Created with Datawrapper