Egg Output Rises 1% in June

WASHINGTON - Jul 22/05 - SNS -- Egg production rose 1% in the United States in June, ttoalling 7.34 billion, according to the USDA.

Production included 6.25 billion table eggs, and 1.10 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.03 billion were broiler-type and 61 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during June 2005 averaged 341 million, down slightly from a year earlier. June egg production per 100 layers was 2,151 eggs, up 1% from June 2004.

All layers in the U.S. on July 1, 2005, totaled 340 million, down 1% from a year ago. The 340 million layers consisted of 281 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 56.0 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 2.59 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on July 1, 2005, averaged 72.3 eggs per 100 layers, up 1% from a year ago.

Egg-type chicks hatched during June 2005 totaled 34.5 million, down 8% from June 2004. Eggs in incubators totaled 33.0 million on July 1, 2005, down 7% from a year ago.

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