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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

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Monday, July 26, 2010

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           NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION UNCHANGED IN JUNE 2010


    Egg production on New York farms totaled 97 million eggs in June, the 
same as June last year, according to Stephen Ropel, Director of USDA’s 
National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field Office. 
   
 The number of hens and pullets of laying age, at 4.07 million, increased 1 
percent from June 2009 and the rate of lay was 2,385 eggs per 100 layers, 
down 1 percent from last year.

     U.S. egg production totaled 7.45 billion during June 2010, up 1 percent 
from last year. Production included 6.38 billion table eggs, and 1.07 billion 
hatching eggs, of which 1.00 billion were broiler-type and 69 million were egg-
type. The total number of layers during June 2010 averaged 338 million, up 1 
percent from last year. June egg production per 100 layers was 2,203 eggs, 
unchanged from June 2009. 

    U.S. egg-type chicks hatched during June 2010 totaled 42.6 million, up 2 
percent from June 2009. Eggs in incubators totaled 37.5 million on July 1, 
2010, up 13 percent from a year ago. The information in this release is 
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www.nass.usda.gov/ny.

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07-26-10