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In what year will the total number of hen eggs produced annually in the U.S. be 100 billion or less?

Egg production during the year ending November 30, 2018 totalled 109 billion eggs, up 2 percent from 2017.

In 2013, 95.2 billion eggs were produced in the United States, according to the USDA. Yearly figures for total egg production can be found on the USDA webpage.

In what year will the total number of hen eggs produced anually in the U.S. be 100 billion or less?

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This resolves as the first year ending November 30th in which the total egg production year ending is 100 billion or less. Numbers are to be rounded to one decimal place (e.g. 100.049 qualifies as 100.0). Resolution will be based on the data in USDA's Chickens and Eggs Annual Summary. This question resolves ambiguously if the USDA no longer reports these figures. If, by December 24th, 2035, the question has not resolves, this question resolves as "> Dec 24, 2035".

Categories: Animal Welfare Series, Animal welfare – Industrial farming: poultry and eggs

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