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Friday, April 29, 2011

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                              2010 POULTRY VALUE DECREASES
	
The combined value of New York produced eggs and the value of sales for other 
chickens, was $66.2 million for the year ending November 30, 2010, according to King 
Whetstone, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field 
Office.  Egg production in New York during the 2010 year totaled 1.16 billion, down 3 
percent from a year earlier.  The resulting total value of $66.2 million was slightly below 
the 2009 egg production value of $66.4 million.

Nationally, the combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkeys, and the 
value of sales from chickens in 2010 was $34.7 billion, up 10 percent from the $31.6 
billion in 2009.  The value of broilers produced during 2010 was $23.7 billion, up 9 
percent from 2009.  Value of all egg production in 2010 was $6.52 billion, up 6 percent 
from the $6.17 billion in 2009.  The value of turkeys produced during 2010 was $4.37 
billion, up 22 percent from the $3.57 billion the previous year.
     
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