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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Joseph Morse
Monday, October 26, 2009

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                 NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 3 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER 
 

Egg production on New York farms totaled 95 million eggs in September 2009, down 
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 4.01 million, increased slightly from 
September 2009 but the rate of lay decreased 3 percent to 2,371 eggs per 100 layers. 
 

A dozen eggs brought New York poultry farmers an average of 57.0 cents per dozen 
for eggs sold in September, down 0.5 cents from August and down 31.2 cents from 
September 2008. 


U.S. egg production totaled 7.37 billion during September 2009, up slightly from last 
year. Production included 6.34 billion table eggs, and 1.03 billion hatching eggs, of which 
961 million were broiler-type and 69 million were egg-type. The total number of layers 
during September 2009 averaged 334 million, down slightly from last year. September 
egg production per 100 layers was 2,209 eggs, up 1 percent from September 2008. 


U.S. egg-type chicks hatched during September 2009 totaled 40.0 million, up 8 
percent from September 2008. Eggs in incubators totaled 36.2 million on October 1, 
2009, down slightly from a year ago. The information in this release is available by free 
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