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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

Contact: Joe Morse
Monday, March 2, 2009

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                   NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION UP 4 PERCENT IN JANUARY 

Egg production on New York farms totaled 100 million eggs in January 2009, up 4 
percent from last year, according to Stephen Ropel, Director of USDA’s National
Agricultural Statistics Service, New York office. 

The number of hens and pullets of laying age, at 4.05 million, increased 4 
percent from January 2008 and the rate of lay increased slightly to 2,471 eggs 
per 100 layers. 

A dozen eggs brought New York poultry farmers an average of 93.7 cents per dozen 
for eggs sold in January, down 4.7 cents from December and down 34.1 cents from 
January 2008. 

U.S. egg production totaled 7.67 billion during January 2009, up slightly from 
last year. Production included 6.59 billion table eggs, and 1.08 billion hatching 
eggs, of which 1.00 billion were broiler-type and 72 million were egg-type. The 
total number of layers during January 2009 averaged 341 million, down 1 percent 
from last year. January egg production per 100 layers was 2,249 eggs, up 1 
percent from January 2008. 

U.S. Egg-type chicks hatched during January 2009 totaled 38.1 million, down 5 
percent from January 2008. Eggs in incubators totaled 35.2 million on 
February 1, 2009, down 1 percent from a year ago. The information in this 
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