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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

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                NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 2 PERCENT IN AUGUST 


Egg production on New York farms totaled 98 million eggs in August 2010, down 
2 percent from last year, according to King Whetstone, Director of USDA’s 
National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field Office. 

The number of hens and pullets of laying age, at 3.95 million, decreased 3 
percent from August 2009 but the rate of lay increased 1 percent to 2,480 eggs 
per 100 layers. 

United States egg production totaled 7.74 billion during August 2010, up 2 
percent from last year. Production included 6.64 billion table eggs, and 1.10 
billion hatching eggs, of which 1.02 billion were broiler-type and 73 million 
were egg-type. The total number of layers during August 2010 averaged 339 million, 
up 2 percent from last year. August egg production per 100 layers was 2,283 eggs, 
unchanged from August 2009. 

U.S. egg-type chicks hatched during August 2010 totaled 37.0 million, down 2 
percent from August 2009. Eggs in incubators totaled 37.5 million on 
September 1, 2010, up 2 percent from a year ago. The information in this release 
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at www.nass.usda.gov/ny. 

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