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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Joe Morse
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

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                NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION UP 2 PERCENT IN MAY

Egg production on New York farms totaled 102 million eggs in May 2009, up 2
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 1
percent from May 2008 and the rate of lay increased 1 percent to 2,519 eggs
per 100 layers.

A dozen eggs brought New York poultry farmers an average of 41.2 cents per
dozen for eggs sold in May, down 37.8 cents from April and down 29.6 cents
from May 2008.

U.S. egg production totaled 7.60 billion during May 2009, up slightly from
last year. Production included 6.51 billion table eggs, and 1.09 billion
hatching eggs, of which 1.02 billion were broiler-type and 73 million were
egg-type. The total number of layers during May 2009 averaged 337 million,
down 1 percent from last year. May egg production per 100 layers was 2,256
eggs, up 1 percent from May 2008.

U.S. Egg-type chicks hatched during May 2009 totaled 37.8 million, down 10
percent from May 2008. Eggs in incubators totaled 36.4 million on June 1,
2009, down 3 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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6-23-09