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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Joe Morse
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

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                  NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION UP 3 PERCENT IN JUNE 

Egg production on New York farms totaled 97 million eggs in June 2009, up 3 
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 4.04 million, increased 2 
percent from June 2008 and the rate of lay increased 1 percent to 2,402 eggs 
per 100 layers. 

A dozen eggs brought New York poultry farmers an average of 41.2 cents per dozen 
for eggs sold in June, unchanged from May but down 54.6 cents from June 2008. 

U.S. egg production totaled 7.34 billion during June 2009, down slightly from 
last year. Production included 6.29 billion table eggs, and 1.06 billion hatching 
eggs, of which 988 million were broiler-type and 70 million were egg-type. The 
total number of layers during June 2009 averaged 333 million, down 2 percent 
from last year. June egg production per 100 layers was 2,204 eggs, up 1 percent 
from June 2008. 

U.S. Egg-type chicks hatched during June 2009 totaled 43.5 million, up 6 percent 
from June 2008. Eggs in incubators totaled 32.4 million on July 1, 2009, down 3 
percent from a year ago. The information in this release is available by free 
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