Egg Output Rises on October

WASHINGTON - Nov 22/04 - SNS -- Egg production rose in October, with the USDA pegging production at 7.64 billion during, up 3% from last year.

Production included 6.56 billion table eggs, and 1.08 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.02 billion were broiler-type and 62 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during October 2004 averaged 344 million, up 3% from a year earlier. October egg production per 100 layers was 2,221 eggs, up slightly from October 2003.

All layers in the U.S. on November 1, 2004, totaled 344 million, up 2% from a year ago. The 344 million layers consisted of 287 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 55.5 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 2.50 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on November 1, 2004, averaged 71.8 eggs per 100 layers, down slightly from a year ago.

Laying flocks in the 30 major egg producing States produced 7.15 billion eggs during October 2004, up 3% from a year ago. The average number of layers during October, at 322 million, was up 3% from a year ago.

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