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Tuesday, August 24, 2010


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                       NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 3 PERCENT IN JULY
    
    Egg production on New York farms totaled 99 million eggs in July 2010, down 3 percent from last 
year, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York office. 
    	
    The number of hens and pullets of laying age, at 3.98 million, decreased 2 percent from July 2009 
and the rate of lay decreased slightly to 2,489 eggs per 100 layers.
    
     U.S. egg production totaled 7.69 billion during July 2010, up 1 percent from last year. Production 
included 6.58 billion table eggs, and 1.11 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.04 billion were broiler-type 
and 72 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during July 2010 averaged 339 million, up 2 
percent from last year. July egg production per 100 layers was 2,270 eggs, down slightly from July 
2009.
    
    U.S.  Egg-type chicks hatched during July 2010 totaled 38.1 million, up 5 percent from July 2009. 
Eggs in incubators totaled 33.4 million on August 1, 2010, up 6 percent from a year ago.   The 
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