Lawrence, John D.; Ellis, Shane C.; Otto, Daniel - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2008
Iowa leads the nation in egg production, producing more than the second and third largest states combined. There were approximately 52.7 million layers in Iowa produced 13.9 billion eggs in 2007. This level of production consumes 50 million bushels of corn and 453,000 tons of soybean meal. In...