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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Joseph Morse
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

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                NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION UP 6 PERCENT IN JULY 


    Egg production on New York farms totaled 105 million eggs in July, up 6 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 4.33 million, increased 9 percent from 
July 2010 and the rate of lay was 2,428 eggs per 100 layers, down 2 percent from last year.

     United States egg production totaled 7.74 billion during July 2011, up slightly from last 
year. Production included 6.65 billion table eggs, and 1.09 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.02 
billion were broiler-type and 68 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during July 
2011 averaged 336 million, down 1 percent from last year. July egg production per 100 layers 
was 2,304 eggs, up 1 percent from July 2010.
    
    United States egg-type chicks hatched during July 2011 totaled 37.4 million, down 2 
percent from July 2010. Eggs in incubators totaled 37.1 million on August 1, 2011, up 11 
percent from a year ago.  The information in this release is available by free email subscription 
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08-23-11