Spain closed the 2020 campaign with 50.33 million laying hens

The production of chicken eggs that year reached 1,154,544 The production of eggs in Spain during 2020 has been the central theme of a recent document of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in which it is emphasized that the country has 50.33 million laying hens, to which should be added 3,852 geese and 1,737 legs dedicated to this activity. These animals have produced a total of 1,154,697 thousand dozen roe, of which the vast majority are from chickens with 1,154,544 thousand, corresponding to 1,034,109 thousand obtained by animals that are in cage or floor and 120,589 to others with free-range or organic farming. The eggs of geese obtained in 2020 have reached 16.55 thousand dozen, 17.30 those of legs and 0.160 to turkeys. Castilla La Mancha leads this sector with a production in the year under study of 290,322 thousand dozen chicken eggs. Followed by Castilla y León which totals 196,054 thousand dozen, with Valladolid adding 107,780 thousand. Aragon and the ...