Top world Layer Producers rankings for 2020
Of the three big Brazilian producers, JBS and BRF have held on to positions one and three, respectively, this year. Aurora Alimentos, however, has dropped from 34 to 39 due to its output declining by more than 20 million birds.
Other changes this year include the entry of Scandi Standard from Sweden. Slaughtering 200 million birds per annum, it enters the list at position 44.
Egg production
China is the word’s largest egg producer, but no Chinese company makes it into the list of the leading 25 egg companies.
In this latest ranking, Cal-Maine of the U.S. takes the top spot. The company saw its flock expand by over 10% last year overtaking Mexico’s Proteina Animal, which reported no increase in its laying flock.
The ranking of the world’s 25 largest egg producers is dominated by companies based in the U.S. Of the almost 400 million laying hens managed by the world’s leading 25 producers, over 184 million birds are owned by the 10 leading U.S. companies, whose flock sizes, for the main part, either stayed the same or increased over the reporting period.
The Americas, as a whole, strongly dominate the top 25 ranking, being home to 17 of the top 25 egg companies when measured by flock size. These companies own 283 million birds — more than the entire population of Indonesia.
Source-Globalagridata
