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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
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              NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION DOWN 1 PERCENT IN OCTOBER


    Egg production on New York farms totaled 100 million eggs in October, 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 3.98 million, decreased 2 percent 
from October 2009 but the rate of lay increased 1 percent to 2,511 eggs per 100 layers.
    
    United States egg production totaled 7.68 billion during October 2010, down slightly 
from last year. Production included 6.60 billion table eggs, and 1.08 billion hatching eggs, 
of which 1.01 billion were broiler-type and 71 million were egg-type. The total number of 
layers during October 2010 averaged 336 million, up slightly from last year. October egg 
production per 100 layers was 2,285 eggs, down slightly from October 2009.
    
    U.S. egg-type chicks hatched during October 2010 totaled 41.3 million, up 10 percent 
from October 2009. Eggs in incubators totaled 38.6 million on November 1, 2010, up 12 
percent from a year ago. The information in this release is available by free email 
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11-23-10