WASHINGTON - May 8/06 - SNS -- Food manufacturers in the United States broke 170 million dozen shell eggs in March, down 5% from last year, but 7% above the 159 million broken last month, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - May 9/06 - SNS -- Canadian egg production totaled 50 million dozen in march, up from 45.8 million the previous month and 48.7 million the same last year, according to the latest data available from Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

YAOUNDE - May 11/06 - IRIN -- Panic that swept through Cameroon after deadly H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in March has given way to complacency as no human casualties have been reported in the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA Poultry Meat Supply and Use - May 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about USDA Domestic Egg Supply and Use - May 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - May 12/06 - SNS -- Turkey hatchery activity rose during April, pulled higher by an increase in the number of eggs in incubators, according to the latest USDA report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 19/06 - SNS -- Total frozen poultry supplies at the end of April were up 2% from the previous month, and 13% above last year, according to the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Layers and Eggs Output Summary - April 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Forced Molt by State - April 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Egg Output by Type and State - April 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

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WASHINGTON - May 22/06 - SNS -- Egg production in the United States increased, while the number of chicks hatched in April dropped below year earlier levels, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Hatchery Production Summary - April 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

OUAGADOUGOU - May 22/06 - IRIN -- The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu that can infect and kill humans is spreading in Burkina Faso with new cases confirmed in the capital Ouagadougou and second city Bobo-Dioulasso, according to the government. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - May 29/06 - SNS -- Placements of hatchery chicks onto Canadian farms were estimated at 56.6 million birds in April, according to Statistics Canada, down 2.1% from April 2005. Year to date placements are down 1.38% from last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - May 31/06 - SNS -- Tests of almost 60,000 wild birds in the February through May period discovered 741 cases of birds infected with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, but a "positive decline in the incidence of the disease in wild birds in Europe has also been noted over the past weeks," European Union officials state. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 31./06 - SNS -- Poultry certified wholesome during April 2006 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.31 billion pounds, down 1% from the amount certified in April 2005, according to the USDA. Updated totals for March 2006 show that 3.70 billion pounds were certified. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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