WASHINGTON -- U.S. egg production totaled 7.6 billion during May 2009,up slightly from last year, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Production included 6.51 billion table eggs and 1.09 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.02 billion were broiler-type and 73 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during May 2009 averaged 337 million, down 1 percent from last year. May egg production per 100 layers was 2,256 eggs, up 1 percent from May 2008.
All layers in the U.S. on June 1, 2009, totaled 335 million, down 2 percent from last year. The 335 million consisted of 277 million layers producing table or market-type eggs, 54.2 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs and 2.91 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on June 1, 2009, averaged 73.1 eggs per 100 layers, up 2 percent from June 1, 2008.
Egg-type chicks hatched during May 2009 totaled 37.8 million, down 10 percent from May 2008. Eggs in incubators totaled 36.4 million on June 1, 2009, down 3 percent from a year ago.
Broiler-type chicks hatched during May 2009 totaled 786 million, down 5 percent from May 2008. Eggs in incubators totaled 634 million on June 1, 2009, down 5 percent from a year earlier.
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