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Friday, December 21, 2007
NEW YORK EGG PRODUCTION UP 4 PERCENT
In November
Egg production on New York farms totaled 103 million eggs in November 2007, up 4 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 4.30 million, was unchanged from November 2006 and the rate of lay increased 4 percent to 2,398 eggs per 100 layers.
A dozen eggs brought New York poultry farmers an average of $1.25 for eggs sold in November, up 43 cents from October and up 56 cents from November 2006.
U.S. egg production totaled 7.51 billion during November 2007, down 1 percent from last year. Production included 6.42 billion table eggs, and 1.09 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.02 billion were broiler-type and 66 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during November 2007 averaged 343 million, down 1 percent from last year. November egg production per 100 layers was 2,190 eggs, up 1 percent from November 2006.
U.S. Egg-type chicks hatched during November 2007 totaled 34.0 million, up 8 percent from November 2006. Eggs in incubators totaled 35.9 million on December 1, 2007, up 7 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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