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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

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Monday, May 24, 2009

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            NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 9 PERCENT 
                           IN APRIL 

Egg production on New York farms totaled 91 million eggs in March, down 
9 percent from last year, according to Stephen Ropel, Director of USDA’s 
National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field Office. 

The number of hens and pullets of laying age, at 3.79 million, decreased 8 
percent from April 2009 and the rate of lay was 2,403 eggs per 100 layers, 
down 2 percent from last year. 

U.S. egg production totaled 7.55 billion during April 2010, up 1 percent 
from last year. Production included 6.47 billion table eggs, and 1.08 billion 
hatching eggs, of which 1.00 billion were broiler-type and 74 million were egg-
type. The total number of layers during April 2010 averaged 340 million, down 
slightly from last year. April egg production per 100 layers was 2,220 eggs, up 
1 percent from April 2009. 

U.S. egg-type chicks hatched during April 2010 totaled 47.5 million, up 11 
percent from April 2009. Eggs in incubators totaled 41.6 million on May 1, 
2010, up 1 percent from a year ago. The information in this release is 
available by free email subscription by subscribing to New York reports at 
www.nass.usda.gov/ny. 

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