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| Per USDA report on Monday.
1)United States egg production totaled 7.55 billion during September 2012, up 1 percent from last year.
2) The total number of layers during September 2012 averaged 337 million, up 1 percent from last year.
3)All layers in the United States on October 1, 2012 totaled 338 million, up 1 percent from last year.
4) Egg-type chicks hatched during September 2012 totaled 37.5 million, down 6 percent from September 2011. Eggs in incubators totaled 37.2 million on October 1, 2012, up 1 percent from a year ago.
5)Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 206 thousand during September 2012, down 18 percent from September 2011.
6) Broiler-type chicks hatched during September 2012 totaled 718 million, down slightly from September 2011. Eggs in incubators totaled 581 million on October 1, 2012, up 2 percent from a year earlier.
7) Leading breeders placed 6.68 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during
September 2012, up slightly from September 2011.
The USDA says we will reduce total feeding of corn by 9% I dont see it in these numbers. | |
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Just another nail in the demand coffin
