The Quiz: Which U.S. state leads the country in egg production?
Iowa
Nevada
Minnesota
Georgia
With a whopping 58 million egg layers producing around 16.4 billion eggs annually, Iowa’s egg production is greater than that of the second and third largest states combined, Ohio and Indiana, respectively. The Iowan birds responsible for egg-laying consume 57.8 million bushels of corn per year and 531,317 tons of soybean meal. Iowa’s egg industry supports more than 7,000 jobs within the region which, coupled with the state’s thriving turkey industry, adds up to approximately 11,800 poultry-based jobs.
The correct answer to this quiz is Iowa.