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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

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Monday, January 24, 2011

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                NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION UP 10 PERCENT IN DECEMBER


    Egg production on New York farms totaled 108 million eggs in December 
2010, up 10 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 4.31 million, increased 8 
percent from December 2009 and the rate of lay increased 2 percent to 2,505 
eggs per 100 layers.
    United States egg production totaled 7.90 billion during December 2010, 
up 1 percent from last year. Production included 6.83 billion table eggs, and 
1.07 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.00 billion were broiler-type and 67 million 
were egg-type. The total number of layers during December 2010 averaged 
341 million, up 1 percent from last year. December egg production per 100 
layers was 2,313 eggs, up slightly from December 2009.
    U.S. Egg-type chicks hatched during December 2010 totaled 37.9 million, 
down 4 percent from December 2009. Eggs in incubators totaled 38.7 million 
on January 1, 2011, down 1 percent from a year ago. The information in this 
release is available by free email subscription by subscribing to New York 
reports at www.nass.usda.gov/ny.

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