May Egg Output Rises 1 Percent

WASHINGTON - Jun 22/10 - SNS -- U.S, according to this USDA statistics.

egg quantityed to 7.69 billion during May 2010, up 1% from the previous year.

Production included 6.58 billion table eggs, and 1.11 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.04 billion were broiler-type and 73 million were egg-type.

The total number of layers during May 2010 averaged 338 million, up a bit from last year.

May egg production per 100 layers was 2,276 eggs, up 1% from May 2009. All layers in the U.S. on June 1, 2010 totalled 337 million, up 1% from last year.

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