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Monday, October 25, 2010

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                      NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 1 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER

    Egg production on New York farms totaled 94 million eggs in September, down 1 
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 1 percent 
from September 2009 but the rate of lay increased slightly to 2,380 eggs per 100 layers.
    
    U.S. egg production totaled 7.48 billion during September 2010, up 1 percent from 
last year. Production included 6.43 billion table eggs, and 1.05 billion hatching eggs, of 
which 980 million were broiler-type and 70 million were egg-type. The total number of 
layers during September 2010 averaged 337 million, up 1 percent from last year. 
September egg production per 100 layers was 2,218 eggs, up slightly from September 
2009.  
    
    U.S. egg-type chicks hatched during September 2010 totaled 40.3 million, down 1 
percent from September 2009. Eggs in incubators totaled 39.4 million on October 1, 
2010, up 8 percent from a year ago. The information in this release is available by free 
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