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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Joseph Morse
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

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               NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 3 PERCENT 
                            IN NOVEMBER


    Egg production on New York farms totaled 98 million eggs in November 
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 4.08 million, increased 2 
percent from November 2008 but the rate of lay decreased slightly to 2,400 
eggs per 100 layers.
    A dozen eggs brought New York poultry farmers an average of 86.3 cents 
per dozen for eggs sold in November, up 19.8 cents from October but down 
6.3 cents from November 2008.
    U.S. egg production totaled 7.55 billion during November 2009, up 1 
percent from last year. Production included 6.52 billion table eggs, and 1.03 
billion hatching eggs, of which 960 million were broiler-type and 67 million were 
egg-type. The total number of layers during November 2009 averaged 337 
million, down slightly from last year.  November egg production per 100 layers 
was 2,238 eggs, up 1 percent from November 2008.
    U.S. Egg-type chicks hatched during November 2009 totaled 34.9 million, 
up 2 percent from November 2008. Eggs in incubators totaled 39.0 million on 
December 1, 2009, up 12 percent from a year ago.  The information in this 
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reports at www.nass.usda.gov/ny.

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12-23-09