ABSTRACT
The egg industry of the world is primarily based on chicken eggs. With improvements in technology, equipment, and user acceptance, the industry progressed slowly until about 1940. Before World War II egg production in the Midwest was largely a farm-flock business. Utilization of egg products, especially dried whole eggs, expanded very rapidly during World War II with a peak production of over 500 million pounds in 1944. In some African countries guinea eggs are commonly seen in the marketplace, especially in the each year. Eggs are one of the few foods that are used throughout the world; thus the egg industry is an important segment of the world food industry. Production in China increased by over 40,000 million eggs from 1987 to 1990, the only times data were available. Within the United States the egg industry was historically located in the north central states. The egg industry is divided into areas of specialization, as is true of most production industries.
