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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Joe Morse
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION UP 10 PERCENT
IN OCTOBER
Egg production on New York farms totaled 103 million eggs in October 2007, up 10 percent from last year, according to Stephen Ropel, Director of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York office.
The number of hens and pullets of laying age, at 4.24 million, increased 2 percent from October 2006 and the rate of lay increased 7 percent to 2,428 eggs per 100 layers.
A dozen eggs brought New York poultry farmers an average of 82 cents for eggs sold in October, down 18 cents from September but up 45 cents from October 2006.
U.S. egg production totaled 7.70 billion during October 2007, up slightly from last year. Production included 6.57 billion table eggs, and 1.13 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.06 billion were broiler-type and 67 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during October 2007 averaged 341 million, down 1 percent from last year. October egg production per 100 layers was 2,253 eggs, up 1 percent from October 2006.
U.S. egg-type chicks hatched during October 2007 totaled 35.8 million, down 1 percent from October 2006. Eggs in incubators totaled 34.5 million on November 1, 2007, up 9 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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