Eggs galore, but Christmas supplies to shrink as rain takes toll

Andrew Marshall
Updated December 7 2017 - 8:59am, first published 8:00am
Eggs supplies aplenty after sunny spring flush
Eggs supplies aplenty after sunny spring flush

A dry winter and a burst of early spring heat and sunshine have sent many of Australia’s 20 million layer hens into overdrive, delivering a surplus of eggs in the past two months.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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