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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Onslow Hall
Monday, January 25, 2010

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                             NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 5 PERCENT  
                                           IN DECEMBER 
 
 
Egg production on New York farms totaled 98 million eggs in December 2009,
down 5 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 3.98 million, decreased
5 percent from December 2008 and the rate of lay decreased slightly to
2,465 eggs per 100 layers. 

A dozen eggs brought New York poultry farmers an average of 91.1 cents per
dozen for eggs sold in December, up 4.8 cents from November and up 2.1 cents
from December 2008. 

U.S. egg production totaled 7.83 billion during December 2009, up 1 percent
from last year. Production included 6.76 billion table eggs, and 1.07 billion
hatching eggs, of which 995 million were broiler-type and 72 million were
egg-type. The total number of layers during December 2009 averaged 340 million,
down slightly from last year. December egg production per 100 layers was 2,304
eggs, up 1 percent from December 2008. 

U.S Egg-type chicks hatched during December 2009 totaled 39.7 million, up 7
percent from December 2008. Eggs in incubators totaled 38.9 million on
January 1, 2010, up 6 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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01-25-10