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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

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Monday, July 25, 2011

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             NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION UP 5 PERCENT IN JUNE 

Egg production on New York farms totaled 102 million eggs in June, up 5 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 4.22 million, increased 4 percent 
from June 2010 and the rate of lay was 2,418 eggs per 100 layers, up 1 percent 
from last year. 

United States egg production totaled 7.50 billion during June 2011, up slightly 
from last year. Production included 6.44 billion table eggs, and 1.07 billion 
hatching eggs, of which 999 million were broiler-type and 69 million were egg-type. 
The total number of layers during June 2011 averaged 336 million, down 1 percent 
from last year. June egg production per 100 layers was 2,230 eggs, up 1 percent 
from June 2010. 

United States egg-type chicks hatched during June 2011 totaled 39.3 million, down 
7 percent from June 2010. Eggs in incubators totaled 34.0 million on July 1, 2011, 
down 10 percent from a year ago.  The information in this release is available 
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07-25-11 

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