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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact: Joe Morse
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

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                    NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION UP 5 PERCENT
                                  IN APRIL

Egg production on New York farms totaled 100 million eggs in April 2009, up
5 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 4.10 million, increased 4
percent from April 2008 and the rate of lay increased 1 percent to 2,441
eggs per 100 layers.

A dozen eggs brought New York poultry farmers an average of 79 cents per
dozen for eggs sold in April, up 16.8 cents from March but down 7.5 cents
from April 2008.

U.S. egg production totaled 7.46 billion during April 2009, up 1 percent
from last year. Production included 6.41 billion table eggs, and 1.05
billion hatching eggs, of which 980 million were broiler-type and 71
million were egg-type. The total number of layers during April 2009
averaged 340 million, down slightly from last year. April egg production
per 100 layers was 2,196 eggs, up 2 percent from April 2008.

U.S. egg-type chicks hatched during April 2009 totaled 40.6 million, down 4
percent from April 2008. Eggs in incubators totaled 35.8 million on May 1,
2009, down 12 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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5-26-09