United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Pou 2-4 (07) Chickens and Eggs 2006 Summary February 2007 Contents Page Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Annual Layer Inventory and Egg Production by State and Puerto Rico2 U.S. Layers on Hand. . . . . . . 4 U.S. Egg Production. . . . . . . 6 U.S. Pullets on Hand, Force Molt, and Disposition9 Table Egg Layers (in Flocks 30,000 and Above) by State10 All Layers by State. . . . . . .14 Eggs (Number Layed per 100) by State18 Force Molt by State. . . . . . .22 Egg Production by State. . . . .30 Chicken Inventory by State and Puerto Rico42 Chicken Value by State and Puerto Rico43 This page is intentionally blank. Highlights U.S. Average Number of Layers Up 1 Percent: Layer numbers during 2006 averaged 346 million, up 1 percent from the year earlier. The annual average production per layer on hand in 2006 was 263 eggs, up slightly from the 2005 average of 262. U.S. Egg Production Up 1 Percent: Egg production during the year ending November 30, 2006 totaled a record high 90.9 billion eggs, up 1 percent from 2005. Table egg production, at 78.0 billion eggs, was up 1 percent from the previous year. Hatching egg production, at 12.9 billion eggs, was down 2 percent from 2005. U.S. December 1 Inventory Numbers: The total number of chickens on hand on December 1, 2006 (excluding commercial broilers) was 453 million birds, down slightly from last year. U.S. Total Value: The total value of all chickens on December 1, 2006 was $1.18 billion, up 3 percent from December 1, 2005. The average value increased from $2.52 per bird on December 1, 2005, to $2.60 per bird on December 1, 2006. This report contains annual estimates of Puerto Rico chickens and eggs. These estimates include chicken inventory (excluding commercial broilers) and egg production, and can be found within the respective annual and December 1 tables. Annual average number of layers for 2006 was 1.07 million compared to 1.13 million in 2005. Total egg production during 2006 was 285 million compared to 261 million in 2005. All Layers and Egg Production: Annual Average Number of Layers, Eggs per Layer, and Total Egg Production by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 2005-2006 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Average Number : Eggs per : Total Egg : of Layers : Layer 3/ : Production State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 20054/ : 2006 : 20054/ : 2006 : 20054/ : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ----- ---- Number --- --- Million Eggs --- : AL : 9,141 8,816 227 227 2,071 2,002 AR : 14,748 14,214 232 230 3,416 3,267 CA : 19,336 19,313 263 257 5,082 4,962 CO : 3,814 3,765 281 288 1,071 1,083 CT : 3,026 2,818 280 281 846 791 FL : 10,963 10,985 272 268 2,980 2,938 GA : 19,737 19,469 249 247 4,906 4,811 HI : 498 448 230 219 114.5 98.3 ID : 862 641 280 284 241 182 IL : 4,434 4,817 273 271 1,210 1,307 IN : 23,596 24,555 265 269 6,254 6,593 IA : 48,760 51,557 266 268 12,978 13,811 KY : 4,781 4,547 257 253 1,228 1,150 LA : 1,892 1,844 248 251 469 463 ME : 4,138 4,026 248 264 1,025 1,064 MD : 2,918 2,707 274 271 798 733 MA : 254 246 280 289 71 71 MI : 7,867 8,578 272 279 2,142 2,391 MN : 11,040 11,079 270 265 2,985 2,940 MS : 7,001 6,499 232 238 1,627 1,546 MO : 7,204 7,207 265 264 1,910 1,903 MT : 350 341 303 305 106 104 NE : 11,987 11,718 268 267 3,217 3,129 NH : 155 145 252 249 39 36 NJ : 1,798 1,559 273 286 491 446 NY : 3,951 3,943 286 286 1,129 1,126 NC : 10,955 11,028 235 239 2,573 2,636 OH : 28,026 28,374 268 265 7,506 7,507 OK : 3,210 3,170 228 233 731 738 OR : 2,916 2,710 282 285 823 772 PA : 23,785 23,758 278 282 6,608 6,687 SC : 5,042 5,010 256 256 1,289 1,280 SD : 3,092 3,247 264 266 816 865 TN : 1,299 1,197 243 241 316 289 TX : 17,972 18,769 265 269 4,760 5,039 UT : 3,285 3,457 267 271 878 937 VT : 198 196 253 281 50 55 VA : 3,326 3,291 248 245 823 806 WA : 4,931 4,835 272 269 1,343 1,298 WV : 1,165 1,193 224 230 261 274 WI : 4,864 4,699 272 273 1,321 1,284 WY : 12 12 300 300 3.6 3.6 : Oth Sts 5/ : 5,466 5,433 278 275 1,519 1,493 : US : 343,792 346,078 262 263 90,027 90,877 : PR : 1,129 1,073 231 266 261 285 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Total egg production divided by average number of layers on hand. 4/ Revised. 5/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, ND, NM, NV, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Eggs: Annual Number of Eggs Produced by Type, State, United States, and Puerto Rico, 2005-2006 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 3/ : All Hatching Type 3/ State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 4/ : 2006 : 2005 4/ : 2006 : 2005 4/ : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 2,071 2,002 461 449 1,610 1,553 AR : 3,416 3,267 1,179 1,170 2,237 2,097 CA : 5,082 4,962 CO : 1,071 1,083 CT : 846 791 FL : 2,980 2,938 2,886 2,848 94 90 GA : 4,906 4,811 2,760 2,614 2,146 2,197 HI : 114.5 98.3 114.5 98.3 0 0 ID : 241 182 IL : 1,210 1,307 1,171 1,261 39 46 IN : 6,254 6,593 6,107 6,444 147 149 IA : 12,978 13,811 13,655 156 KY : 1,228 1,150 LA : 469 463 ME : 1,025 1,064 MD : 798 733 779 712 19 21 MA : 71 71 MI : 2,142 2,391 MN : 2,985 2,940 2,890 2,843 95 97 MS : 1,627 1,546 453 461 1,174 1,085 MO : 1,910 1,903 MT : 106 104 NE : 3,217 3,129 3,217 3,129 0 0 NH : 39 36 NJ : 491 446 NY : 1,129 1,126 NC : 2,573 2,636 951 993 1,622 1,643 OH : 7,506 7,507 OK : 731 738 OR : 823 772 799 748 24 24 PA : 6,608 6,687 6,403 6,444 205 243 SC : 1,289 1,280 1,052 1,042 237 238 SD : 816 865 816 865 0 0 TN : 316 289 TX : 4,760 5,039 UT : 878 937 VT : 50 55 VA : 823 806 396 402 427 404 WA : 1,343 1,298 WV : 261 274 WI : 1,321 1,284 WY : 3.6 3.6 : Oth Sts 5/ : 1,519 1,493 : US : 90,027 90,877 76,870 77,954 13,159 12,927 : PR : 261 285 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations, data included in US totals. 4/ Revised. 5/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, ND, NM, NV, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. All Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month by Type, United States, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type : All Hatching Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Dec 2/ : 345,615 348,810 287,011 290,440 58,604 58,370 Jan : 347,874 349,677 288,509 290,772 59,365 58,905 Feb : 348,784 350,018 289,007 290,850 59,777 59,168 Mar : 347,120 350,470 287,218 291,440 59,902 59,030 Apr : 343,927 348,643 283,955 289,942 59,972 58,701 May : 342,162 345,223 282,252 286,801 59,910 58,422 Jun : 340,200 342,685 280,937 284,934 59,263 57,751 Jul : 338,917 341,252 280,107 283,888 58,810 57,364 Aug : 339,777 341,540 281,126 284,265 58,651 57,275 Sep : 341,433 343,147 283,241 286,331 58,192 56,816 Oct : 343,381 344,538 285,371 288,029 58,010 56,509 Nov : 346,314 346,936 288,274 289,903 58,040 57,033 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December preceding year. All Layers: Number on Hand First Day of the Month by Type, United States, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type : All Hatching Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Jan : 347,267 349,763 288,092 290,931 59,175 58,832 Feb : 348,438 349,930 288,906 290,972 59,532 58,958 Mar : 349,077 350,452 289,080 291,090 59,997 59,362 Apr : 345,122 350,453 285,331 291,771 59,791 58,682 May : 342,688 346,809 282,558 288,092 60,130 58,717 Jun : 341,591 343,596 281,928 285,488 59,663 58,108 Jul : 338,767 341,733 279,920 284,358 58,847 57,375 Aug : 339,019 340,728 280,268 283,401 58,751 57,327 Sep : 340,492 342,309 281,963 285,107 58,529 57,202 Oct : 342,333 343,946 284,502 287,533 57,831 56,413 Nov : 344,383 345,090 286,218 288,503 58,165 56,587 Dec : 348,203 348,719 290,311 291,267 57,892 57,452 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. Hatching Type Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month by Type, United States, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Hatching Type : Broiler Type : Egg Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Dec 2/ : 58,604 58,370 55,969 55,653 2,635 2,717 Jan : 59,365 58,905 56,638 56,070 2,727 2,835 Feb : 59,777 59,168 57,090 56,254 2,687 2,914 Mar : 59,902 59,030 57,242 56,157 2,660 2,873 Apr : 59,972 58,701 57,294 55,851 2,678 2,850 May : 59,910 58,422 57,196 55,571 2,714 2,851 Jun : 59,263 57,751 56,582 54,918 2,681 2,833 Jul : 58,810 57,364 56,166 54,571 2,644 2,793 Aug : 58,651 57,275 55,974 54,529 2,677 2,746 Sep : 58,192 56,816 55,596 54,097 2,596 2,719 Oct : 58,010 56,509 55,501 53,758 2,509 2,751 Nov : 58,040 57,033 55,432 54,223 2,608 2,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December preceding year. Hatching Type Layers: Number on Hand First Day of the Month by Type, United States, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Hatching Type : Broiler Type : Egg Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Jan : 59,175 58,832 56,437 56,090 2,738 2,742 Feb : 59,532 58,958 56,832 56,040 2,700 2,918 Mar : 59,997 59,362 57,333 56,460 2,664 2,902 Apr : 59,791 58,682 57,140 55,845 2,651 2,837 May : 60,130 58,717 57,438 55,860 2,692 2,857 Jun : 59,663 58,108 56,937 55,269 2,726 2,839 Jul : 58,847 57,375 56,217 54,558 2,630 2,817 Aug : 58,751 57,327 56,102 54,569 2,649 2,758 Sep : 58,529 57,202 55,831 54,474 2,698 2,728 Oct : 57,831 56,413 55,345 53,710 2,486 2,703 Nov : 58,165 56,587 55,644 53,793 2,521 2,794 Dec : 57,892 57,452 55,206 54,636 2,686 2,816 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. Eggs: Number Layed per 100 Layers During the Month by Type, United States, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type : All Hatching Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Dec 2/ : 2,234 2,234 2,311 2,306 1,857 1,878 Jan : 2,192 2,210 2,260 2,277 1,861 1,876 Feb : 1,986 1,994 2,045 2,057 1,701 1,685 Mar : 2,230 2,238 2,301 2,310 1,891 1,884 Apr : 2,156 2,164 2,224 2,231 1,834 1,831 May : 2,215 2,212 2,282 2,273 1,898 1,912 Jun : 2,162 2,160 2,226 2,224 1,856 1,846 Jul : 2,234 2,240 2,302 2,307 1,911 1,909 Aug : 2,218 2,239 2,287 2,307 1,891 1,903 Sep : 2,155 2,165 2,218 2,228 1,851 1,850 Oct : 2,236 2,228 2,301 2,291 1,917 1,908 Nov : 2,172 2,176 2,241 2,244 1,831 1,829 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December preceding year. Eggs: Number Layed per 100 Layers First Day of the Month by Type, United States, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type : All Hatching Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Jan : 71.3 71.7 73.6 74.0 59.7 60.8 Feb : 70.0 70.8 72.0 72.9 60.4 60.1 Mar : 71.6 71.6 74.0 73.9 60.5 60.2 Apr : 72.1 72.8 74.4 75.2 61.1 60.8 May : 71.6 71.4 73.8 73.5 61.1 61.5 Jun : 71.3 71.2 73.4 73.1 61.5 61.4 Jul : 72.6 72.7 74.8 75.0 62.2 61.4 Aug : 71.3 71.7 73.5 73.8 60.9 61.4 Sep : 71.7 72.6 73.9 74.9 61.0 61.2 Oct : 71.8 71.6 73.8 73.6 62.0 61.9 Nov : 72.3 72.1 74.5 74.2 61.1 61.2 Dec : 72.4 72.9 74.7 75.3 60.6 60.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. Eggs: Production During the Month by Type, United States, 2005-2006 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type : All Hatching Type Month :------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : Dec 3/ : 7,720 7,793 6,633 6,697 1,088 1,096 Jan : 7,625 7,727 6,521 6,622 1,105 1,105 Feb : 6,926 6,980 5,910 5,983 1,017 997 Mar : 7,740 7,843 6,608 6,732 1,133 1,112 Apr : 7,414 7,543 6,315 6,468 1,100 1,075 May : 7,579 7,637 6,442 6,520 1,137 1,117 Jun : 7,354 7,401 6,254 6,336 1,100 1,066 Jul : 7,571 7,645 6,448 6,550 1,124 1,095 Aug : 7,537 7,647 6,429 6,557 1,109 1,090 Sep : 7,358 7,430 6,282 6,379 1,077 1,051 Oct : 7,677 7,678 6,565 6,600 1,112 1,078 Nov : 7,522 7,549 6,459 6,506 1,063 1,043 During Year : 90,027 90,877 76,870 77,954 13,159 12,927 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ December preceding year. Hatching Type Eggs: Production During the Month by Type, United States, 2005-2006 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Hatching Type : Broiler Type : Egg Type Month :------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : Dec 3/ : 1,088 1,096 1,025 1,031 63 65 Jan : 1,105 1,105 1,040 1,039 65 66 Feb : 1,017 997 958 935 59 62 Mar : 1,133 1,112 1,069 1,043 64 69 Apr : 1,100 1,075 1,036 1,007 64 68 May : 1,137 1,117 1,071 1,047 66 70 Jun : 1,100 1,066 1,038 1,000 62 66 Jul : 1,124 1,095 1,061 1,029 63 66 Aug : 1,109 1,090 1,047 1,025 62 65 Sep : 1,077 1,051 1,017 987 60 64 Oct : 1,112 1,078 1,051 1,011 61 67 Nov : 1,063 1,043 1,002 979 61 64 During Year : 13,159 12,927 12,411 12,137 748 790 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ December preceding year. Hatching Type Eggs: Number Layed per 100 Layers During the Month by Type, United States, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Hatching Type : Broiler Type : Egg Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Dec 2/ : 1,857 1,878 1,831 1,853 2,391 2,392 Jan : 1,861 1,876 1,836 1,853 2,384 2,328 Feb : 1,701 1,685 1,678 1,662 2,196 2,128 Mar : 1,891 1,884 1,868 1,857 2,406 2,402 Apr : 1,834 1,831 1,808 1,803 2,390 2,386 May : 1,898 1,912 1,873 1,884 2,432 2,455 Jun : 1,856 1,846 1,835 1,821 2,313 2,330 Jul : 1,911 1,909 1,889 1,886 2,383 2,363 Aug : 1,891 1,903 1,871 1,880 2,316 2,367 Sep : 1,851 1,850 1,829 1,825 2,311 2,354 Oct : 1,917 1,908 1,894 1,881 2,431 2,435 Nov : 1,831 1,829 1,808 1,806 2,339 2,278 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December preceding year. Hatching Type Eggs: Number Layed per 100 Layers First Day of the Month by Type, United States, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Hatching Type : Broiler Type : Egg Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Jan : 59.7 60.8 58.8 60.0 76.7 76.4 Feb : 60.4 60.1 59.5 59.4 78.0 73.9 Mar : 60.5 60.2 59.8 59.4 77.4 76.4 Apr : 61.1 60.8 60.3 59.9 77.7 79.1 May : 61.1 61.5 60.2 60.6 80.0 79.2 Jun : 61.5 61.4 60.8 60.5 77.2 79.0 Jul : 62.2 61.4 61.5 60.7 77.2 75.3 Aug : 60.9 61.4 60.3 60.6 74.3 76.2 Sep : 61.0 61.2 60.2 60.5 76.3 75.8 Oct : 62.0 61.9 61.3 61.0 78.7 79.5 Nov : 61.1 61.2 60.3 60.4 78.9 76.7 Dec : 60.6 60.6 59.8 59.9 77.2 75.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. All Pullets: Number on Hand First Day of the Month, United States, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Month : 2005 : 2006 : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Jan : 101,211 98,180 Feb : 100,461 98,125 Mar : 100,814 97,322 Apr : 101,993 102,225 May : 104,005 99,426 Jun : 103,410 101,171 Jul : 102,844 101,469 Aug : 101,202 101,755 Sep : 101,284 100,560 Oct : 98,786 98,960 Nov : 98,391 98,364 Dec : 96,809 96,087 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. All Layers: Percent Force Molt First Day of the Month, United States 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Being Molted : Molt Completed Month :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Jan : 4.1 4.3 23.2 23.0 Feb : 4.6 5.2 21.7 23.7 Mar : 3.0 4.0 22.8 24.4 Apr : 4.1 2.3 22.7 24.9 May : 4.0 5.4 22.4 23.6 Jun : 4.2 4.7 23.0 24.7 Jul : 3.3 3.5 22.6 25.6 Aug : 4.3 4.2 22.2 25.2 Sep : 4.4 3.4 22.4 25.9 Oct : 3.9 4.3 23.4 25.8 Nov : 3.1 3.0 24.3 26.0 Dec : 2.8 2.2 23.7 26.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. Disposition: Number Slaughtered, Lost, and Added During the Month, United States, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Layers Sold : Layers Rendered, Died, : : : for : Destroyed, Composted, or : : Month : Slaughter : Disappeared for any reason : Pullets : : : (other than sold) : Added 2/ :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Dec 3/ : 14,200 14,186 5,765 5,469 24,607 23,987 Jan : 14,025 14,783 6,635 5,949 24,269 21,486 Feb : 14,354 13,567 7,235 8,011 23,762 23,348 Mar : 17,364 14,100 9,046 6,722 24,476 26,000 Apr : 14,660 14,770 8,163 9,661 24,168 20,449 May : 15,675 14,187 7,266 9,943 24,689 24,432 Jun : 16,038 13,588 7,191 7,061 22,954 22,152 Jul : 16,101 11,434 5,975 9,197 23,061 21,265 Aug : 13,940 12,693 7,217 7,854 23,682 22,612 Sep : 15,801 12,908 6,942 6,793 23,719 22,273 Oct : 13,379 11,785 5,815 7,213 22,156 20,901 Nov : 14,011 12,056 6,474 6,202 24,386 21,383 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Pullet chicks less than 3 days old added to pullet flocks. 3/ December preceding year. Table Egg Layers: Average Number in Flocks 30,000 and Above on Hand During the Month, by State and United States, 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Dec 2/ : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 1,850 1,872 1,868 1,763 1,625 1,691 AR : 4,794 4,582 4,418 4,225 3,964 3,927 CA : 19,124 19,119 19,157 19,383 18,869 18,421 CO : 3,442 3,355 3,278 3,257 3,246 3,220 CT : 2,892 2,889 2,936 3,033 3,095 3,079 FL : 10,216 9,861 9,960 10,223 10,335 10,402 GA : 10,991 11,020 11,204 10,951 10,318 9,871 HI : 473 474 464 471 471 454 IL : 4,190 4,302 4,226 4,111 3,985 4,064 IN : 22,756 22,726 22,814 22,903 22,914 22,670 IA : 47,238 48,999 49,082 48,392 48,300 48,300 ME : 3,881 3,923 4,055 4,173 4,197 4,118 MD : 3,094 3,081 2,981 2,861 2,821 2,832 MI : 7,231 7,131 7,606 7,754 7,690 7,757 MN : 10,555 10,398 10,488 10,475 10,403 10,413 MS : 1,706 1,678 1,611 1,629 1,682 1,651 MO : 6,073 6,110 6,124 6,045 6,012 6,002 NE : 11,925 11,969 12,018 11,986 11,943 11,854 NY : 3,717 3,585 3,643 3,608 3,435 3,550 NC : 3,370 3,373 3,339 3,296 3,350 3,270 OH : 27,371 27,531 27,641 27,601 27,494 27,532 OR : 2,672 2,746 2,677 2,657 2,786 2,797 PA : 22,174 22,733 22,713 22,630 22,142 21,612 SC : 4,263 4,221 4,041 3,911 3,863 3,735 SD : 3,079 3,075 3,027 2,860 2,724 2,821 TX : 13,841 13,541 13,626 13,553 13,299 13,183 VA : 1,313 1,241 1,200 1,325 1,425 1,420 WA : 4,832 4,917 4,928 4,856 4,853 4,910 WI : 4,675 4,625 4,537 4,314 4,127 4,220 : Oth Sts 3/ : 17,324 17,491 17,405 17,033 16,650 16,540 : US : 281,062 282,568 283,067 281,279 278,018 276,316 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. Table Egg Layers: Average Number in Flocks 30,000 and Above on Hand During the Month, by State and United States, 2005 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jun : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 1,798 1,780 1,721 1,717 1,727 1,725 AR : 4,006 4,040 4,062 4,344 4,499 4,460 CA : 18,305 18,405 18,731 18,609 18,676 19,052 CO : 3,247 3,278 3,290 3,300 3,174 3,259 CT : 3,050 2,954 2,854 2,906 2,946 2,970 FL : 10,434 10,604 10,730 10,859 11,030 11,010 GA : 9,829 9,776 9,617 9,768 9,911 9,824 HI : 458 460 467 473 475 478 IL : 4,302 4,223 4,146 4,298 4,402 4,224 IN : 22,565 22,614 22,742 22,918 23,066 23,631 IA : 47,229 46,348 46,744 48,119 48,694 48,793 ME : 4,134 4,207 4,227 4,083 3,958 3,964 MD : 2,818 2,765 2,706 2,590 2,459 2,604 MI : 7,767 7,769 7,694 7,548 7,520 7,867 MN : 10,310 10,393 10,598 10,622 10,732 10,690 MS : 1,604 1,593 1,614 1,671 1,664 1,655 MO : 5,917 5,895 5,772 5,637 5,626 5,746 NE : 11,844 11,943 11,922 11,837 11,848 11,856 NY : 3,703 3,738 3,727 3,659 3,563 3,619 NC : 3,176 3,327 3,458 3,523 3,412 3,306 OH : 27,474 27,347 27,499 27,377 27,517 28,006 OR : 2,785 2,733 2,739 2,802 2,710 2,682 PA : 21,193 21,227 21,516 21,715 22,026 22,330 SC : 3,704 3,758 3,640 3,690 3,840 3,900 SD : 2,914 2,927 2,960 3,089 3,218 3,209 TX : 13,239 13,284 13,377 13,474 13,860 14,437 VA : 1,463 1,407 1,394 1,411 1,493 1,603 WA : 4,909 4,825 4,788 4,825 4,888 4,855 WI : 4,328 4,309 4,250 4,305 4,352 4,317 : Oth Sts 3/ : 16,498 16,247 16,213 16,145 16,160 16,325 : US : 275,003 274,176 275,198 277,314 279,446 282,397 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December preceding year. 3/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. Table Egg Layers: Average Number in Flocks 30,000 and Above on Hand During the Month, by State and United States, 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Dec 2/ : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 1,685 1,658 1,696 1,711 1,691 1,574 AR : 4,280 4,069 4,125 4,382 4,402 4,196 CA : 19,165 18,930 18,881 19,206 19,373 18,923 CO : 3,349 3,296 3,245 3,164 3,169 3,284 CT : 2,964 2,904 2,906 2,934 2,814 2,637 FL : 11,012 11,057 10,959 10,973 10,707 10,380 GA : 9,934 9,923 9,785 9,897 10,025 9,892 HI : 465 464 462 453 445 430 IL : 4,258 4,284 4,246 4,390 4,470 4,524 IN : 23,836 23,965 24,303 24,077 23,945 23,938 IA : 49,593 50,350 50,795 51,455 51,842 51,188 ME : 3,914 3,963 4,026 4,000 3,960 3,970 MD : 2,704 2,729 2,684 2,455 2,447 2,556 MI : 8,010 7,912 8,116 8,172 7,929 8,026 MN : 10,605 10,734 10,899 10,816 10,626 10,527 MS : 1,671 1,622 1,610 1,646 1,654 1,652 MO : 5,874 5,937 6,132 6,152 6,004 5,991 NE : 11,853 11,834 11,752 11,742 11,698 11,523 NY : 3,710 3,633 3,585 3,543 3,554 3,543 NC : 3,333 3,442 3,402 3,350 3,332 3,180 OH : 28,678 29,109 29,039 28,526 27,899 27,851 OR : 2,598 2,497 2,593 2,550 2,516 2,541 PA : 22,578 22,302 21,719 21,908 22,060 21,986 SC : 3,856 3,856 3,893 3,880 3,857 3,962 SD : 3,200 3,195 3,188 3,184 3,121 3,058 TX : 14,461 14,340 14,350 14,673 14,458 13,990 VA : 1,593 1,592 1,545 1,486 1,434 1,342 WA : 4,867 4,811 4,667 4,747 4,830 4,792 WI : 4,215 4,213 4,315 4,280 4,124 4,119 : Oth Sts 3/ : 16,374 16,369 16,151 15,906 15,772 15,442 : US : 284,635 284,990 285,069 285,658 284,158 281,017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. Table Egg Layers: Average Number in Flocks 30,000 and Above on Hand During the Month, by State and United States, 2006 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jun : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 1,476 1,457 1,512 1,660 1,748 1,739 AR : 4,143 4,167 4,261 4,489 4,554 4,456 CA : 18,477 18,443 18,479 18,540 18,593 18,916 CO : 3,213 3,210 3,363 3,356 3,309 3,249 CT : 2,639 2,643 2,606 2,605 2,665 2,836 FL : 10,362 10,228 10,099 10,220 10,307 10,522 GA : 9,431 9,399 9,595 9,607 9,609 9,711 HI : 429 422 413 411 403 402 IL : 4,612 4,790 4,884 4,832 4,809 4,893 IN : 23,698 23,526 23,665 23,670 23,633 23,902 IA : 50,832 50,301 49,946 50,630 51,217 51,305 ME : 4,014 4,000 3,960 3,923 3,897 3,844 MD : 2,564 2,475 2,483 2,582 2,608 2,492 MI : 8,189 8,264 8,598 8,870 8,866 8,895 MN : 10,548 10,487 10,274 10,373 10,657 10,708 MS : 1,648 1,610 1,603 1,633 1,634 1,661 MO : 6,116 6,094 6,026 6,180 6,260 6,222 NE : 11,524 11,665 11,574 11,481 11,531 11,543 NY : 3,571 3,718 3,766 3,793 3,886 3,894 NC : 3,109 3,134 3,363 3,576 3,688 3,775 OH : 27,562 26,986 27,202 27,479 27,058 26,842 OR : 2,466 2,506 2,515 2,496 2,561 2,546 PA : 21,863 21,601 21,336 21,281 21,626 22,016 SC : 3,965 3,853 3,763 3,647 3,620 3,679 SD : 3,119 3,178 3,171 3,144 3,110 3,101 TX : 14,019 14,252 14,331 14,374 14,465 14,486 VA : 1,298 1,325 1,344 1,337 1,331 1,355 WA : 4,729 4,627 4,702 4,714 4,755 4,998 WI : 4,084 4,089 4,095 4,012 4,181 4,429 : Oth Sts 3/ : 15,450 15,654 15,552 15,632 15,664 15,672 : US : 279,150 278,104 278,481 280,547 282,245 284,089 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December preceding year. 3/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. All Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month by State and United States, 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Dec 2/ : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 9,255 9,255 9,232 9,117 8,999 9,069 AR : 15,291 15,138 15,099 14,924 14,560 14,656 CA : 19,611 19,611 19,655 19,957 19,444 18,920 CO : 3,986 3,890 3,813 3,770 3,753 3,761 CT : 2,953 2,952 3,001 3,096 3,155 3,138 FL : 10,677 10,325 10,465 10,772 10,839 10,880 GA : 20,223 20,565 20,828 20,535 19,856 19,380 HI : 512 511 500 506 504 486 IL : 4,417 4,527 4,456 4,341 4,217 4,292 IN : 23,501 23,463 23,545 23,631 23,635 23,413 IA : 47,979 49,771 49,860 49,136 49,038 49,063 ME : 3,943 3,980 4,113 4,233 4,258 4,183 MD : 3,227 3,186 3,090 2,968 2,928 2,954 MI : 7,482 7,389 7,869 8,017 7,954 8,018 MN : 11,103 10,946 11,023 11,000 10,954 10,961 MS : 6,959 7,144 7,132 7,133 7,259 7,225 MO : 7,285 7,362 7,415 7,342 7,328 7,345 NE : 12,000 12,044 12,093 12,061 12,018 11,929 NY : 4,043 3,914 3,968 3,932 3,763 3,878 NC : 10,934 10,954 10,948 10,997 11,136 11,008 OH : 27,839 28,017 28,129 28,089 27,978 28,010 OR : 2,861 2,924 2,843 2,835 2,974 2,984 PA : 23,920 24,484 24,455 24,399 23,943 23,418 SC : 5,332 5,288 5,138 4,995 4,955 4,917 SD : 3,179 3,175 3,127 2,960 2,824 2,921 TX : 18,257 18,064 18,142 18,053 17,785 17,604 VA : 3,185 3,124 3,107 3,339 3,462 3,336 WA : 4,897 4,988 4,997 4,924 4,921 4,978 WI : 5,173 5,132 5,050 4,821 4,627 4,720 : Oth Sts 3/ : 25,591 25,751 25,691 25,237 24,860 24,715 : US : 345,615 347,874 348,784 347,120 343,927 342,162 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. All Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month by State and United States, 2005 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jun : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 9,191 9,220 9,074 9,034 9,120 9,126 AR : 14,655 14,414 14,186 14,448 14,790 14,817 CA : 18,801 18,938 19,260 19,134 19,201 19,495 CO : 3,765 3,795 3,843 3,865 3,733 3,796 CT : 3,108 3,010 2,911 2,965 3,001 3,021 FL : 10,930 11,080 11,210 11,354 11,526 11,496 GA : 19,272 19,119 19,131 19,318 19,354 19,258 HI : 488 487 491 496 496 495 IL : 4,532 4,453 4,372 4,526 4,626 4,446 IN : 23,293 23,360 23,525 23,676 23,788 24,323 IA : 47,989 47,101 47,500 48,826 49,351 49,501 ME : 4,198 4,266 4,287 4,149 4,019 4,029 MD : 2,941 2,878 2,810 2,693 2,580 2,760 MI : 8,024 8,022 7,944 7,798 7,770 8,117 MN : 10,838 10,926 11,128 11,140 11,243 11,215 MS : 6,976 6,855 6,850 6,844 6,871 6,759 MO : 7,270 7,266 7,136 6,918 6,849 6,935 NE : 11,919 12,018 11,997 11,912 11,923 11,931 NY : 4,032 4,067 4,053 3,982 3,887 3,895 NC : 10,811 10,932 11,061 11,011 10,832 10,839 OH : 27,955 27,841 28,000 27,875 28,036 28,544 OR : 2,975 2,926 2,932 2,995 2,893 2,855 PA : 22,988 23,045 23,371 23,523 23,778 24,096 SC : 5,018 5,037 4,825 4,881 5,037 5,076 SD : 3,014 3,027 3,060 3,189 3,318 3,309 TX : 17,606 17,687 17,739 17,789 18,170 18,765 VA : 3,331 3,325 3,347 3,378 3,444 3,531 WA : 4,975 4,889 4,851 4,886 4,949 4,915 WI : 4,824 4,806 4,746 4,795 4,847 4,826 : Oth Sts 3/ : 24,481 24,127 24,137 24,033 23,949 24,143 : US : 340,200 338,917 339,777 341,433 343,381 346,314 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December preceding year. 3/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. All Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month by State and United States, 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Dec 2/ : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 9,013 8,946 8,897 8,858 8,917 8,863 AR : 14,559 14,337 14,481 14,645 14,558 14,249 CA : 19,576 19,393 19,377 19,693 19,860 19,447 CO : 3,889 3,818 3,731 3,633 3,635 3,791 CT : 3,016 2,958 2,957 2,985 2,865 2,689 FL : 11,481 11,513 11,406 11,416 11,111 10,751 GA : 19,524 19,662 19,550 19,740 19,836 19,639 HI : 479 478 475 467 461 446 IL : 4,486 4,516 4,474 4,613 4,699 4,758 IN : 24,523 24,696 25,043 24,772 24,637 24,644 IA : 50,350 51,125 51,600 52,257 52,645 51,967 ME : 3,990 4,034 4,095 4,075 4,033 4,040 MD : 2,872 2,872 2,816 2,595 2,589 2,700 MI : 8,260 8,169 8,380 8,436 8,192 8,288 MN : 11,113 11,199 11,364 11,292 11,113 11,038 MS : 6,704 6,835 6,839 6,638 6,494 6,542 MO : 7,024 7,071 7,279 7,317 7,157 7,140 NE : 11,928 11,909 11,827 11,817 11,773 11,598 NY : 3,940 3,870 3,825 3,788 3,808 3,793 NC : 10,970 11,075 11,073 11,081 11,060 10,877 OH : 29,217 29,651 29,570 29,053 28,423 28,368 OR : 2,771 2,670 2,766 2,723 2,700 2,736 PA : 24,444 24,255 23,667 23,818 23,947 23,914 SC : 4,999 5,012 5,075 5,096 5,103 5,179 SD : 3,300 3,295 3,288 3,284 3,221 3,158 TX : 18,859 18,748 18,841 19,247 18,950 18,365 VA : 3,530 3,528 3,444 3,389 3,337 3,174 WA : 4,932 4,880 4,735 4,815 4,898 4,860 WI : 4,732 4,729 4,845 4,822 4,651 4,631 : Oth Sts 3/ : 24,329 24,433 24,298 24,105 23,970 23,578 : US : 348,810 349,677 350,018 350,470 348,643 345,223 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. All Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month by State and United States, 2006 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jun : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 8,722 8,562 8,615 8,748 8,779 8,872 AR : 13,997 13,976 13,988 13,964 13,888 13,920 CA : 18,997 18,957 18,986 19,006 19,060 19,405 CO : 3,725 3,703 3,868 3,851 3,790 3,746 CT : 2,695 2,703 2,665 2,662 2,725 2,897 FL : 10,740 10,619 10,498 10,616 10,703 10,967 GA : 19,107 19,101 19,356 19,373 19,345 19,392 HI : 445 438 429 427 419 417 IL : 4,849 5,028 5,122 5,076 5,053 5,131 IN : 24,432 24,251 24,357 24,373 24,322 24,605 IA : 51,571 51,038 50,681 51,370 51,981 52,096 ME : 4,083 4,065 4,026 3,994 3,967 3,913 MD : 2,704 2,607 2,610 2,708 2,752 2,662 MI : 8,451 8,521 8,850 9,121 9,117 9,146 MN : 11,041 10,934 10,723 10,838 11,118 11,177 MS : 6,487 6,361 6,295 6,257 6,242 6,290 MO : 7,256 7,206 7,116 7,267 7,348 7,306 NE : 11,599 11,740 11,649 11,556 11,606 11,618 NY : 3,821 3,976 4,024 4,051 4,137 4,282 NC : 10,776 10,718 10,945 11,157 11,205 11,398 OH : 28,080 27,495 27,716 28,003 27,566 27,351 OR : 2,660 2,682 2,674 2,661 2,741 2,736 PA : 23,788 23,503 23,260 23,180 23,497 23,827 SC : 5,123 5,018 4,958 4,865 4,829 4,865 SD : 3,219 3,278 3,271 3,244 3,210 3,201 TX : 18,380 18,702 18,789 18,723 18,798 18,828 VA : 3,093 3,159 3,198 3,201 3,205 3,229 WA : 4,795 4,691 4,765 4,775 4,816 5,058 WI : 4,596 4,602 4,595 4,515 4,699 4,976 : Oth Sts 3/ : 23,453 23,618 23,511 23,565 23,620 23,625 : US : 342,685 341,252 341,540 343,147 344,538 346,936 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December preceding year. 3/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. Eggs: Number Layed per 100 For All Layers During the Month by State and United States, 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Dec 2/ : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 1,945 1,945 1,787 1,974 1,867 1,919 AR : 1,962 1,936 1,729 1,963 1,902 1,917 CA : 2,295 2,239 2,020 2,230 2,155 2,225 CO : 2,333 2,339 2,151 2,440 2,371 2,393 CT : 2,370 2,439 2,199 2,326 2,187 2,326 FL : 2,313 2,286 2,121 2,404 2,325 2,335 GA : 2,171 2,120 1,892 2,099 2,009 2,069 HI : 1,973 2,035 1,880 1,996 1,865 1,934 IL : 2,196 1,988 1,997 2,419 2,276 2,400 IN : 2,281 2,212 2,005 2,247 2,171 2,247 IA : 2,209 2,176 2,006 2,312 2,249 2,211 ME : 2,308 2,211 1,629 1,819 2,114 2,128 MD : 2,417 2,323 2,071 2,291 2,152 2,133 MI : 2,326 2,206 2,033 2,308 2,213 2,345 MN : 2,252 2,275 2,087 2,300 2,227 2,317 MS : 1,940 1,876 1,753 1,977 1,901 1,979 MO : 2,265 2,200 1,996 2,261 2,197 2,301 NE : 2,267 2,292 2,018 2,189 2,188 2,322 NY : 2,449 2,427 2,167 2,416 2,418 2,450 NC : 1,994 1,981 1,790 1,973 1,904 2,008 OH : 2,324 2,252 1,984 2,271 2,234 2,292 OR : 2,342 2,291 2,040 2,328 2,286 2,413 PA : 2,379 2,336 2,135 2,398 2,301 2,387 SC : 2,307 2,307 2,044 2,182 2,018 2,034 SD : 2,328 2,331 2,111 2,264 2,089 2,191 TX : 2,295 2,231 2,006 2,249 2,131 2,221 VA : 2,135 2,049 1,770 1,887 1,849 2,128 WA : 2,348 2,265 2,201 2,417 2,235 2,370 WI : 2,242 2,260 2,099 2,344 2,226 2,225 : Oth Sts 3/ : 2,180 2,159 1,966 2,195 2,104 2,189 : US : 2,234 2,192 1,986 2,230 2,156 2,215 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. Eggs: Number Layed per 100 For All Layers During the Month by State and United States, 2005 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jun : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 1,882 1,898 1,862 1,838 1,897 1,841 AR : 1,897 1,998 1,995 1,938 2,008 1,923 CA : 2,170 2,234 2,186 2,132 2,219 2,180 CO : 2,284 2,398 2,368 2,251 2,411 2,345 CT : 2,284 2,425 2,473 2,293 2,333 2,317 FL : 2,223 2,256 2,248 2,202 2,264 2,209 GA : 2,039 2,113 2,054 2,024 2,165 2,108 HI : 1,906 2,033 1,935 1,774 1,855 1,818 IL : 2,273 2,336 2,356 2,298 2,399 2,362 IN : 2,220 2,226 2,176 2,192 2,299 2,228 IA : 2,159 2,314 2,301 2,198 2,286 2,204 ME : 2,025 2,110 2,169 1,976 2,065 2,234 MD : 2,176 2,397 2,456 2,339 2,364 2,246 MI : 2,331 2,319 2,253 2,270 2,342 2,279 MN : 2,251 2,288 2,265 2,208 2,313 2,256 MS : 1,978 2,042 1,971 1,899 1,994 1,938 MO : 2,242 2,230 2,186 2,197 2,292 2,149 NE : 2,240 2,297 2,334 2,275 2,273 2,146 NY : 2,307 2,434 2,418 2,310 2,418 2,362 NC : 1,961 1,994 1,971 1,934 2,031 1,947 OH : 2,200 2,266 2,286 2,242 2,265 2,169 OR : 2,420 2,461 2,422 2,270 2,454 2,487 PA : 2,340 2,382 2,323 2,240 2,317 2,249 SC : 1,973 2,045 2,135 2,151 2,204 2,147 SD : 2,157 2,213 2,255 2,101 2,140 2,206 TX : 2,187 2,273 2,261 2,142 2,256 2,233 VA : 2,192 2,226 2,181 2,043 2,149 2,124 WA : 2,231 2,229 2,288 2,231 2,223 2,197 WI : 2,218 2,414 2,339 2,211 2,311 2,279 : Oth Sts 3/ : 2,120 2,197 2,221 2,164 2,238 2,166 : US : 2,162 2,234 2,218 2,155 2,236 2,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December preceding year. 3/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. Eggs: Number Layed per 100 For All Layers During the Month by State and United States, 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Dec 2/ : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 1,908 1,923 1,765 1,930 1,828 1,884 AR : 1,985 1,953 1,726 1,926 1,868 1,944 CA : 2,243 2,207 1,977 2,189 2,100 2,108 CO : 2,417 2,462 2,198 2,450 2,366 2,400 CT : 2,354 2,299 2,198 2,446 2,339 2,343 FL : 2,291 2,206 2,016 2,295 2,232 2,297 GA : 2,120 2,085 1,908 2,107 2,011 2,077 HI : 1,837 1,841 1,663 1,863 1,800 1,861 IL : 2,251 2,192 2,168 2,428 2,192 2,207 IN : 2,308 2,251 2,009 2,301 2,232 2,252 IA : 2,230 2,249 2,054 2,289 2,207 2,232 ME : 2,381 2,305 2,076 2,282 2,157 2,178 MD : 2,263 2,194 2,024 2,274 2,240 2,333 MI : 2,349 2,326 2,112 2,418 2,356 2,401 MN : 2,322 2,250 2,006 2,258 2,205 2,265 MS : 1,984 1,946 1,740 2,004 1,971 2,018 MO : 2,093 2,121 1,965 2,241 2,208 2,269 NE : 2,222 2,225 2,088 2,327 2,183 2,225 NY : 2,462 2,455 2,170 2,402 2,311 2,426 NC : 2,015 2,023 1,797 2,003 1,989 2,078 OH : 2,303 2,266 2,002 2,261 2,213 2,245 OR : 2,454 2,322 2,061 2,350 2,259 2,376 PA : 2,320 2,354 2,151 2,381 2,313 2,392 SC : 2,260 2,294 1,990 2,119 2,038 2,066 SD : 2,333 2,307 2,068 2,284 2,204 2,280 TX : 2,312 2,267 2,001 2,265 2,206 2,265 VA : 2,153 2,041 1,800 2,095 2,038 2,111 WA : 2,271 2,172 1,985 2,305 2,123 2,263 WI : 2,346 2,305 2,043 2,343 2,322 2,332 : Oth Sts 3/ : 2,236 2,186 1,955 2,215 2,157 2,214 : US : 2,234 2,210 1,994 2,238 2,164 2,212 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. Eggs: Number Layed per 100 For All Layers During the Month by State and United States, 2006 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jun : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 1,857 1,974 1,962 1,875 1,936 1,871 AR : 1,886 1,939 1,966 1,905 1,966 1,925 CA : 2,053 2,121 2,154 2,157 2,225 2,159 CO : 2,416 2,511 2,456 2,389 2,427 2,269 CT : 2,152 2,294 2,439 2,367 2,422 2,416 FL : 2,169 2,222 2,296 2,195 2,261 2,270 GA : 2,015 2,073 2,087 2,039 2,109 2,078 HI : 1,843 1,963 1,911 1,780 1,814 1,751 IL : 2,207 2,287 2,226 2,266 2,395 2,300 IN : 2,239 2,284 2,250 2,220 2,286 2,223 IA : 2,185 2,357 2,352 2,178 2,247 2,209 ME : 2,082 2,263 2,335 2,103 2,117 2,147 MD : 2,330 2,378 2,337 2,253 2,253 2,216 MI : 2,307 2,371 2,350 2,237 2,347 2,307 MN : 2,201 2,232 2,229 2,178 2,204 2,192 MS : 1,973 2,075 2,081 1,998 2,051 1,971 MO : 2,219 2,304 2,305 2,202 2,286 2,190 NE : 2,121 2,232 2,309 2,241 2,292 2,238 NY : 2,408 2,515 2,510 2,320 2,272 2,312 NC : 1,977 2,053 2,047 1,954 2,008 1,965 OH : 2,183 2,233 2,190 2,196 2,231 2,132 OR : 2,406 2,424 2,393 2,405 2,517 2,522 PA : 2,346 2,438 2,425 2,338 2,388 2,304 SC : 2,011 2,112 2,138 2,097 2,236 2,199 SD : 2,175 2,227 2,232 2,158 2,243 2,124 TX : 2,220 2,246 2,251 2,217 2,325 2,273 VA : 2,069 1,994 1,939 2,031 2,153 2,075 WA : 2,377 2,345 2,267 2,262 2,326 2,155 WI : 2,263 2,303 2,394 2,259 2,192 2,231 : Oth Sts 3/ : 2,158 2,223 2,207 2,122 2,193 2,154 : US : 2,160 2,240 2,239 2,165 2,228 2,176 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December preceding year. 3/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. All Layers: Percent Being Molted First Day of the Month by State and United States, 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5 AR : 2.0 3.5 2.0 0.5 1.5 2.5 CA : 3.0 6.0 2.0 7.5 6.0 6.0 CO : 12.5 4.0 1.0 3.0 4.0 9.5 CT : 3.5 0.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 0.0 FL : 8.5 7.5 2.5 3.0 8.0 7.5 GA : 3.0 2.5 2.0 5.5 4.0 2.5 HI : 5.5 5.5 6.5 8.0 9.0 6.0 IL : 11.0 5.5 0.0 7.5 5.5 8.5 IN : 4.5 5.5 2.0 3.0 4.0 3.5 IA : 5.5 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 5.5 ME : 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MD : 8.0 2.5 2.5 11.0 5.5 8.0 MI : 10.5 9.0 2.5 5.0 2.5 6.5 MN : 5.0 2.5 3.0 0.0 2.5 1.0 MS : 2.0 2.5 1.0 2.0 2.5 2.0 MO : 1.5 5.5 6.0 2.0 1.5 2.0 NE : 5.5 9.0 10.0 9.0 4.5 7.0 NY : 2.5 1.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 6.0 NC : 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 OH : 4.0 7.0 6.0 4.0 3.0 3.5 OR : 6.5 6.5 2.0 6.5 9.0 4.0 PA : 4.5 5.0 2.5 3.0 4.0 3.0 SC : 2.5 2.5 0.0 7.5 7.0 8.0 SD : 4.0 10.0 3.0 11.5 11.5 3.0 TX : 2.5 4.0 1.0 4.0 3.5 2.0 VA : 0.0 3.5 0.0 8.5 6.0 3.0 WA : 5.5 8.0 0.0 8.0 5.5 5.0 WI : 4.0 3.5 2.5 5.5 2.0 10.5 : Oth Sts 2/ : 2.4 4.5 2.1 3.7 4.3 5.6 : US : 4.1 4.6 3.0 4.1 4.0 4.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote (s) at end of table. All Layers: Percent Being Molted First Day of the Month by State and United States, 2005 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.5 1.5 0.5 AR : 1.0 1.5 3.0 4.5 1.0 1.0 CA : 4.0 5.5 9.5 4.5 3.5 2.0 CO : 3.0 1.5 6.5 1.5 3.0 1.5 CT : 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 5.5 0.0 FL : 6.5 6.0 4.0 5.0 6.5 7.0 GA : 4.0 6.5 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.5 HI : 6.5 9.0 9.5 5.0 8.0 6.0 IL : 7.0 7.0 2.0 2.5 0.0 0.5 IN : 3.0 6.5 2.5 2.5 2.0 4.0 IA : 3.0 5.5 6.5 4.5 3.5 4.0 ME : 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MD : 5.5 6.0 7.5 4.0 7.0 0.0 MI : 1.5 6.0 8.5 5.0 1.5 0.5 MN : 1.5 4.5 3.0 4.5 0.5 2.0 MS : 1.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 MO : 3.5 4.0 1.0 4.0 0.0 7.5 NE : 9.0 7.0 4.5 8.0 9.0 8.0 NY : 7.0 2.0 3.5 3.5 3.0 2.0 NC : 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 1.5 0.0 OH : 4.0 2.0 3.5 5.0 4.5 2.0 OR : 7.5 6.5 8.5 8.0 4.5 4.0 PA : 2.0 5.0 5.0 3.0 2.0 1.5 SC : 5.0 8.0 3.0 5.5 14.5 14.0 SD : 3.0 3.0 3.0 8.0 4.0 4.5 TX : 3.5 2.0 3.0 2.0 0.5 2.5 VA : 0.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 WA : 10.0 8.0 6.5 6.0 4.0 5.0 WI : 0.0 6.5 10.0 7.5 3.5 4.0 : Oth Sts 2/ : 3.5 2.6 3.2 3.5 3.9 1.6 : US : 3.3 4.3 4.4 3.9 3.1 2.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. All Layers: Percent Being Molted First Day of the Month by State and United States, 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 1.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.5 1.0 AR : 0.5 1.5 2.0 0.0 5.0 0.0 CA : 9.0 10.0 8.5 5.0 9.0 13.5 CO : 9.0 4.5 0.0 2.5 4.5 0.0 CT : 0.0 8.0 7.5 0.0 0.0 8.5 FL : 6.0 9.5 10.0 4.0 10.0 4.0 GA : 2.5 6.0 2.0 0.5 3.0 6.0 HI : 4.5 4.0 7.0 7.5 7.0 5.5 IL : 7.0 7.0 7.0 2.0 12.5 7.0 IN : 3.5 7.0 2.0 1.0 6.5 3.5 IA : 6.0 5.0 6.5 1.5 5.5 4.0 ME : 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MD : 3.0 7.5 4.0 4.5 2.5 5.5 MI : 2.5 4.0 1.0 1.0 6.5 8.0 MN : 5.5 5.0 5.5 4.0 3.5 2.5 MS : 2.0 3.0 2.5 1.0 2.0 2.0 MO : 5.0 4.0 1.5 0.0 4.0 5.5 NE : 8.0 8.5 4.5 7.0 9.5 8.5 NY : 3.5 8.5 2.0 1.5 6.5 1.0 NC : 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 OH : 4.0 4.5 5.5 1.5 4.0 7.5 OR : 11.0 9.5 3.5 10.0 7.5 14.0 PA : 4.0 2.0 1.5 3.5 4.5 4.0 SC : 5.5 4.5 5.5 3.0 6.0 5.5 SD : 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 4.5 4.5 TX : 3.5 5.5 2.0 1.5 4.5 1.5 VA : 2.5 5.5 0.0 0.0 8.0 6.0 WA : 5.0 12.0 8.5 5.0 18.0 9.0 WI : 9.5 2.0 2.0 4.0 1.5 1.5 : Oth Sts 2/ : 2.4 4.7 3.8 3.0 5.0 2.9 : US : 4.3 5.2 4.0 2.3 5.4 4.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. All Layers: Percent Being Molted First Day of the Month by State and United States, 2006 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 AR : 2.0 3.5 2.0 3.5 0.0 0.0 CA : 6.0 4.5 5.0 5.0 3.0 5.0 CO : 7.0 0.0 2.5 3.5 4.0 0.0 CT : 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 FL : 5.5 3.0 7.5 10.5 6.0 0.5 GA : 2.5 3.5 2.0 4.0 2.5 0.5 HI : 10.0 5.5 8.5 9.5 9.5 5.0 IL : 2.0 7.5 5.5 3.5 1.5 4.5 IN : 2.5 6.0 3.0 5.0 2.5 3.5 IA : 3.5 5.5 4.5 5.5 3.0 4.0 ME : 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MD : 8.0 8.5 0.0 4.5 6.0 5.5 MI : 3.0 5.0 7.5 7.0 4.5 4.0 MN : 2.5 4.0 3.5 4.5 3.5 0.5 MS : 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 MO : 2.5 2.5 1.0 4.0 1.0 2.0 NE : 4.5 4.5 2.5 4.0 4.0 6.0 NY : 2.0 2.0 1.5 3.5 2.0 1.0 NC : 0.5 0.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 OH : 7.5 5.5 3.0 7.0 6.5 0.5 OR : 10.5 9.0 6.0 8.5 7.5 0.0 PA : 1.5 2.5 2.5 1.5 3.5 1.5 SC : 3.5 6.5 3.5 4.5 7.5 7.0 SD : 6.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 TX : 2.5 3.5 3.0 1.5 2.0 0.5 VA : 3.5 6.5 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 WA : 5.5 4.0 11.0 4.0 4.5 4.5 WI : 2.0 5.5 0.0 2.5 2.5 3.5 : Oth Sts 2/ : 3.0 4.8 3.6 3.7 1.8 0.7 : US : 3.5 4.2 3.4 4.3 3.0 2.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. All Layers: Percent Molt Completed First Day of the Month by State and United States, 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 4.5 5.0 5.0 4.5 2.0 2.5 AR : 10.5 8.5 10.0 8.5 8.5 7.0 CA : 35.0 34.0 31.5 33.0 32.5 34.5 CO : 20.0 27.0 23.0 27.0 23.5 20.0 CT : 10.5 10.0 10.0 9.5 9.2 9.3 FL : 20.0 19.5 25.0 25.0 23.0 23.5 GA : 16.0 17.0 15.5 13.5 11.5 15.0 HI : 44.0 48.0 47.5 41.0 47.5 49.0 IL : 28.5 30.0 33.0 30.0 23.5 26.5 IN : 31.5 30.5 32.5 32.0 30.5 30.5 IA : 36.5 29.0 32.5 35.0 36.5 38.0 ME : 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MD : 33.5 32.5 35.0 31.0 35.0 32.0 MI : 30.0 26.5 25.0 26.5 28.5 34.5 MN : 24.5 26.5 27.0 25.0 24.0 23.5 MS : 11.0 9.0 9.5 9.5 8.0 9.0 MO : 22.5 16.0 22.0 19.0 20.5 21.0 NE : 22.0 21.0 20.5 24.5 26.0 27.0 NY : 5.0 5.0 6.5 5.0 3.5 3.0 NC : 6.5 6.5 7.0 8.5 9.0 9.0 OH : 24.0 23.0 22.5 22.5 22.0 20.0 OR : 28.5 24.0 31.0 27.0 26.5 32.0 PA : 13.0 14.5 15.5 15.0 15.0 14.5 SC : 30.0 27.0 23.5 24.5 23.5 22.5 SD : 40.0 28.0 36.0 33.5 24.5 22.5 TX : 20.0 16.5 19.5 20.5 20.5 20.5 VA : 11.5 11.0 6.0 2.0 6.0 12.0 WA : 34.5 37.5 39.5 33.0 36.5 34.5 WI : 26.5 28.5 26.0 22.5 25.0 19.0 : Oth Sts 2/ : 23.1 24.1 25.7 23.6 22.4 24.6 : US : 23.2 21.7 22.8 22.7 22.4 23.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. All Layers: Percent Molt Completed First Day of the Month by State and United States, 2005 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 4.5 5.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 7.5 AR : 9.5 10.0 10.5 10.0 11.0 11.5 CA : 32.5 32.0 31.0 35.5 36.5 35.5 CO : 27.0 28.0 21.0 26.0 23.5 21.5 CT : 9.0 10.0 10.0 9.5 9.5 11.0 FL : 24.0 27.0 30.0 28.0 31.5 34.0 GA : 15.0 14.0 13.5 15.0 14.0 13.5 HI : 52.0 48.5 46.5 52.0 54.5 53.0 IL : 24.5 29.0 30.0 30.5 33.0 33.5 IN : 28.0 25.0 28.5 28.5 29.5 28.0 IA : 37.0 35.0 32.5 34.5 37.0 33.5 ME : 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MD : 35.0 40.0 40.0 46.0 40.0 41.0 MI : 35.0 32.0 27.0 24.5 25.0 25.0 MN : 21.5 18.0 22.0 23.5 26.5 27.0 MS : 10.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 9.0 9.5 MO : 18.0 21.0 21.0 20.5 22.0 19.0 NE : 21.0 24.5 25.0 28.0 30.0 28.0 NY : 3.0 7.5 8.5 7.0 8.5 8.0 NC : 9.5 8.5 8.5 10.5 8.5 7.5 OH : 18.5 16.0 18.0 17.5 16.0 18.0 OR : 31.5 33.0 32.0 36.5 37.0 35.0 PA : 17.0 15.5 17.0 19.0 21.0 19.5 SC : 22.0 25.0 20.0 19.5 14.5 15.0 SD : 21.0 20.5 20.5 17.5 19.0 19.0 TX : 19.0 21.0 21.5 22.5 25.0 23.0 VA : 14.5 14.5 13.5 12.0 15.5 13.0 WA : 35.5 40.0 41.0 43.0 41.0 41.0 WI : 26.0 22.0 25.5 29.5 35.0 36.5 : Oth Sts 2/ : 25.5 25.9 25.8 25.3 24.9 26.3 : US : 22.6 22.2 22.4 23.4 24.3 23.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. All Layers: Percent Molt Completed First Day of the Month by State and United States, 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 4.5 4.0 AR : 11.5 9.0 8.0 9.5 6.5 10.0 CA : 31.0 31.0 35.5 36.0 35.0 37.0 CO : 23.5 23.5 27.5 28.0 26.0 24.5 CT : 11.5 11.5 11.0 18.5 14.0 14.5 FL : 36.0 34.0 32.0 37.5 35.5 36.0 GA : 13.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 10.5 10.5 HI : 54.0 53.5 54.0 51.0 55.5 56.5 IL : 32.0 31.0 28.0 25.5 19.0 24.5 IN : 29.0 32.5 31.5 30.5 28.0 28.0 IA : 31.5 35.0 34.5 37.0 34.5 37.0 ME : 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MD : 37.0 30.0 31.5 29.5 32.0 32.5 MI : 21.0 18.5 17.0 16.0 17.0 21.0 MN : 25.0 28.5 29.5 31.0 33.0 33.5 MS : 9.0 8.5 10.0 11.5 11.0 11.0 MO : 23.5 21.0 24.5 24.0 20.5 23.5 NE : 28.5 28.5 32.5 28.5 29.0 28.5 NY : 8.0 7.5 13.5 10.5 9.0 14.5 NC : 8.5 7.5 8.0 9.0 9.5 10.5 OH : 16.5 19.0 21.0 23.5 22.0 22.0 OR : 27.5 32.5 33.5 31.5 28.5 26.0 PA : 18.5 20.5 21.5 18.5 19.5 17.5 SC : 25.5 27.5 26.0 26.5 28.0 30.0 SD : 19.5 19.0 19.0 19.0 16.5 17.0 TX : 24.5 22.0 23.0 22.5 22.5 26.0 VA : 16.5 14.0 14.5 14.0 12.0 12.5 WA : 41.0 41.0 46.0 47.0 45.0 50.0 WI : 30.0 35.0 37.0 38.0 37.5 36.5 : Oth Sts 2/ : 24.5 25.2 24.1 23.5 21.7 23.1 : US : 23.0 23.7 24.4 24.9 23.6 24.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at the end of table. All Layers: Percent Molt Completed First Day of the Month by State and United States, 2006 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 4.0 2.5 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.5 AR : 9.5 10.0 11.5 12.5 15.5 14.5 CA : 39.0 38.0 37.0 37.0 36.5 35.5 CO : 19.5 20.5 21.0 23.0 21.5 21.5 CT : 22.5 22.5 17.0 17.0 16.0 15.0 FL : 34.0 36.5 41.0 40.0 39.0 40.0 GA : 12.5 12.0 11.5 11.0 13.5 15.0 HI : 51.0 55.0 54.0 60.0 65.5 65.0 IL : 26.0 30.5 33.5 32.0 32.0 30.5 IN : 29.0 29.0 32.0 30.0 33.0 32.5 IA : 36.0 35.0 34.0 35.5 35.5 37.5 ME : 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MD : 36.0 39.0 44.5 42.0 39.0 39.5 MI : 24.0 23.5 21.5 23.0 25.0 28.5 MN : 34.0 35.5 36.0 36.0 33.5 32.5 MS : 10.5 12.5 12.0 13.5 13.0 14.0 MO : 26.5 24.0 24.5 22.0 22.0 22.5 NE : 33.0 27.0 27.5 25.5 23.0 23.0 NY : 14.5 16.0 11.5 10.5 8.0 6.5 NC : 11.0 9.5 9.5 9.5 10.0 10.5 OH : 24.5 25.0 28.0 26.5 22.0 27.5 OR : 24.5 28.5 26.5 28.5 31.0 35.0 PA : 20.0 18.5 17.0 16.5 22.5 16.0 SC : 33.0 37.0 36.0 40.0 36.5 33.5 SD : 17.5 21.0 22.0 22.0 22.0 22.0 TX : 24.0 23.5 25.5 25.5 25.5 25.8 VA : 15.5 6.5 18.0 19.0 20.5 20.0 WA : 53.0 52.5 52.0 57.5 43.5 63.5 WI : 33.5 32.0 37.0 30.0 29.5 29.5 : Oth Sts 2/ : 24.3 24.0 25.5 25.7 26.2 26.0 : US : 25.6 25.2 25.9 25.8 26.0 26.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. Eggs: Production by Type During December by State and United States, 2005-2006 1/ 2/ 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 4/ : All Hatching Type 4/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 180 172 43 40 137 132 AR : 300 289 116 102 184 187 CA : 450 439 CO : 93 94 CT : 70 71 FL : 247 263 240 254 7 9 GA : 439 414 264 232 175 182 HI : 10.1 8.8 10.1 8.8 0 0 IL : 97 101 94 97 3 4 IN : 536 566 523 554 13 12 IA : 1,060 1,123 1,110 13 ME : 91 95 MD : 78 65 76 63 2 2 MI : 174 194 MN : 250 258 242 249 8 9 MS : 135 133 40 40 95 93 MO : 165 147 NE : 272 265 272 265 0 0 NY : 99 97 NC : 218 221 82 83 136 138 OH : 647 673 OR : 67 68 65 66 2 2 PA : 569 567 552 549 17 18 SC : 123 113 104 93 19 20 SD : 74 77 74 77 0 0 TX : 419 436 VA : 68 76 34 40 34 36 WA : 115 112 WI : 116 111 : Oth Sts 5/: 558 544 434 421 125 123 : US : 7,720 7,793 6,633 6,697 1,088 1,096 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ December preceding year. 3/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 4/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations, data included in US totals. 5/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. Eggs: Production by Type During January by State and United States, 2005-2006 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 3/ : All Hatching Type 3/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 180 172 43 40 137 132 AR : 293 280 107 96 186 184 CA : 439 428 CO : 91 94 CT : 72 68 FL : 236 254 228 245 8 9 GA : 436 410 254 225 182 185 HI : 10.4 8.8 10.4 8.8 0 0 IL : 90 99 87 95 3 4 IN : 519 556 506 543 13 13 IA : 1,083 1,150 1,138 12 ME : 88 93 MD : 74 63 73 61 1 2 MI : 163 190 MN : 249 252 241 244 8 8 MS : 134 133 38 38 96 95 MO : 162 150 NE : 276 265 276 265 0 0 NY : 95 95 NC : 217 224 80 84 137 140 OH : 631 672 OR : 67 62 65 60 2 2 PA : 572 571 555 550 17 21 SC : 122 115 103 95 19 20 SD : 74 76 74 76 0 0 TX : 403 425 VA : 64 72 30 37 34 35 WA : 113 106 WI : 116 109 : Oth Sts 4/: 556 534 429 409 128 125 : US : 7,625 7,727 6,521 6,622 1,105 1,105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations, data included in US totals. 4/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. Eggs: Production by Type During February by State and United States, 2005-2006 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 3/ : All Hatching Type 3/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 165 157 40 38 125 119 AR : 261 250 90 86 171 164 CA : 397 383 CO : 82 82 CT : 66 65 FL : 222 230 214 222 8 8 GA : 394 373 228 204 166 169 HI : 9.4 7.9 9.4 7.9 0 0 IL : 89 97 86 94 3 3 IN : 472 503 461 491 11 12 IA : 1,000 1,060 1,048 12 ME : 67 85 MD : 64 57 63 56 1 1 MI : 160 177 MN : 230 228 223 221 7 7 MS : 125 119 34 34 91 85 MO : 148 143 NE : 244 247 244 247 0 0 NY : 86 83 NC : 196 199 71 73 125 126 OH : 558 592 OR : 58 57 56 55 2 2 PA : 522 509 507 490 15 19 SC : 105 101 88 84 17 17 SD : 66 68 66 68 0 0 TX : 364 377 VA : 55 62 23 31 32 31 WA : 110 94 WI : 106 99 : Oth Sts 4/: 505 475 387 360 119 115 : US : 6,926 6,980 5,910 5,983 1,017 997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations, data included in US totals. 4/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. Eggs: Production by Type During March by State and United States, 2005-2006 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 3/ : All Hatching Type 3/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 180 171 42 40 138 131 AR : 293 282 99 103 194 179 CA : 445 431 CO : 92 89 CT : 72 73 FL : 259 262 250 253 9 9 GA : 431 416 248 229 183 187 HI : 10.1 8.7 10.1 8.7 0 0 IL : 105 112 101 108 4 4 IN : 531 570 519 557 12 13 IA : 1,136 1,196 1,182 14 ME : 77 93 MD : 68 59 67 58 1 1 MI : 185 204 MN : 253 255 245 247 8 8 MS : 141 133 37 40 104 93 MO : 166 164 NE : 264 275 264 275 0 0 NY : 95 91 NC : 217 222 78 82 139 140 OH : 638 657 OR : 66 64 64 62 2 2 PA : 585 567 568 546 17 21 SC : 109 108 90 89 19 19 SD : 67 75 67 75 0 0 TX : 406 436 VA : 63 71 26 35 37 36 WA : 119 111 WI : 113 113 : Oth Sts 4/: 554 534 424 403 131 131 : US : 7,740 7,843 6,608 6,732 1,133 1,112 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations, data included in US totals. 4/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. Eggs: Production by Type During April by State and United States, 2005-2006 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 3/ : All Hatching Type 3/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 168 163 35 34 133 129 AR : 277 272 88 99 189 173 CA : 419 417 CO : 89 86 CT : 69 67 FL : 252 248 244 240 8 8 GA : 399 399 222 219 177 180 HI : 9.4 8.3 9.4 8.3 0 0 IL : 96 103 93 100 3 3 IN : 513 550 501 538 12 12 IA : 1,103 1,162 1,147 15 ME : 90 87 MD : 63 58 62 57 1 1 MI : 176 193 MN : 244 245 236 237 8 8 MS : 138 128 36 39 102 89 MO : 161 158 NE : 263 257 263 257 0 0 NY : 91 88 NC : 212 220 77 83 135 137 OH : 625 629 OR : 68 61 66 59 2 2 PA : 551 554 533 534 18 20 SC : 100 104 82 85 18 19 SD : 59 71 59 71 0 0 TX : 379 418 VA : 64 68 28 34 36 34 WA : 110 104 WI : 103 108 : Oth Sts 4/: 523 517 397 391 127 126 : US : 7,414 7,543 6,315 6,468 1,100 1,075 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations, data included in US totals. 4/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. Eggs: Production by Type During May by State and United States, 2005-2006 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 3/ : All Hatching Type 3/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 174 167 35 33 139 134 AR : 281 277 87 94 194 183 CA : 421 410 CO : 90 91 CT : 73 63 FL : 254 247 246 241 8 6 GA : 401 408 218 221 183 187 HI : 9.4 8.3 9.4 8.3 0 0 IL : 103 105 99 101 4 4 IN : 526 555 513 542 13 13 IA : 1,085 1,160 1,145 15 ME : 89 88 MD : 63 63 61 61 2 2 MI : 188 199 MN : 254 250 246 241 8 9 MS : 143 132 38 38 105 94 MO : 169 162 NE : 277 258 277 258 0 0 NY : 95 92 NC : 221 226 79 84 142 142 OH : 642 637 OR : 72 65 70 63 2 2 PA : 559 572 541 550 18 22 SC : 100 107 80 87 20 20 SD : 64 72 64 72 0 0 TX : 391 416 VA : 71 67 36 33 35 34 WA : 118 110 WI : 105 108 : Oth Sts 4/: 541 522 411 393 130 129 : US : 7,579 7,637 6,442 6,520 1,137 1,117 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations, data included in US totals. 4/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. Eggs: Production by Type During June by State and United States, 2005-2006 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 3/ : All Hatching Type 3/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 173 162 37 34 136 128 AR : 278 264 91 90 187 174 CA : 408 390 CO : 86 90 CT : 71 58 FL : 243 233 235 227 8 6 GA : 393 385 216 205 177 180 HI : 9.3 8.2 9.3 8.2 0 0 IL : 103 107 100 103 3 4 IN : 517 547 505 534 12 13 IA : 1,036 1,127 1,114 13 ME : 85 85 MD : 64 63 62 61 2 2 MI : 187 195 MN : 244 243 236 235 8 8 MS : 138 128 38 38 100 90 MO : 163 161 NE : 267 246 267 246 0 0 NY : 93 92 NC : 212 213 75 77 137 136 OH : 615 613 OR : 72 64 70 62 2 2 PA : 538 558 520 537 18 21 SC : 99 103 77 84 22 19 SD : 65 70 65 70 0 0 TX : 385 408 VA : 73 64 38 32 35 32 WA : 111 114 WI : 107 104 : Oth Sts 4/: 519 506 396 384 123 123 : US : 7,354 7,401 6,254 6,336 1,100 1,066 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations, data included in US totals. 4/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. Eggs: Production by Type During July by State and United States, 2005-2006 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 3/ : All Hatching Type 3/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 175 169 37 36 138 133 AR : 288 271 97 95 191 176 CA : 423 402 CO : 91 93 CT : 73 62 FL : 250 236 242 229 8 7 GA : 404 396 224 209 180 187 HI : 9.9 8.6 9.9 8.6 0 0 IL : 104 115 100 111 4 4 IN : 520 554 508 541 12 13 IA : 1,090 1,203 1,191 12 ME : 90 92 MD : 69 62 67 60 2 2 MI : 186 202 MN : 250 244 242 236 8 8 MS : 140 132 38 40 102 92 MO : 162 166 NE : 276 262 276 262 0 0 NY : 99 100 NC : 218 220 80 80 138 140 OH : 631 614 OR : 72 65 70 63 2 2 PA : 549 573 531 552 18 21 SC : 103 106 81 87 22 19 SD : 67 73 67 73 0 0 TX : 402 420 VA : 74 63 37 30 37 33 WA : 109 110 WI : 116 106 : Oth Sts 4/: 530 525 405 398 126 127 : US : 7,571 7,645 6,448 6,550 1,124 1,095 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations, data included in US totals. 4/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. Eggs: Production by Type During August by State and United States, 2005-2006 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 3/ : All Hatching Type 3/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 169 169 35 37 134 132 AR : 283 275 97 99 186 176 CA : 421 409 CO : 91 95 CT : 72 65 FL : 252 241 245 234 7 7 GA : 393 404 211 216 182 188 HI : 9.5 8.2 9.5 8.2 0 0 IL : 103 114 100 110 3 4 IN : 512 548 499 536 13 12 IA : 1,093 1,192 1,180 12 ME : 93 94 MD : 69 61 67 59 2 2 MI : 179 208 MN : 252 239 244 231 8 8 MS : 135 131 37 39 98 92 MO : 156 164 NE : 280 269 280 269 0 0 NY : 98 101 NC : 218 224 83 85 135 139 OH : 640 607 OR : 71 64 69 62 2 2 PA : 543 564 525 543 18 21 SC : 103 106 83 85 20 21 SD : 69 73 69 73 0 0 TX : 401 423 VA : 73 62 36 29 37 33 WA : 111 108 WI : 111 110 : Oth Sts 4/: 536 519 411 394 126 125 : US : 7,537 7,647 6,429 6,557 1,109 1,090 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations, data included in US totals. 4/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. Eggs: Production by Type During September by State and United States, 2005-2006 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 3/ : All Hatching Type 3/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 166 164 36 37 130 127 AR : 280 266 98 99 182 167 CA : 408 410 CO : 87 92 CT : 68 63 FL : 250 233 243 226 7 7 GA : 391 395 210 213 181 182 HI : 8.8 7.6 8.8 7.6 0 0 IL : 104 115 101 111 3 4 IN : 519 541 507 529 12 12 IA : 1,073 1,119 1,107 12 ME : 82 84 MD : 63 61 62 59 1 2 MI : 177 204 MN : 246 236 238 228 8 8 MS : 130 125 38 37 92 88 MO : 152 160 NE : 271 259 271 259 0 0 NY : 92 94 NC : 213 218 82 85 131 133 OH : 625 615 OR : 68 64 66 62 2 2 PA : 527 542 510 522 17 20 SC : 105 102 85 81 20 21 SD : 67 70 67 70 0 0 TX : 381 415 VA : 69 65 32 32 37 33 WA : 109 108 WI : 106 102 : Oth Sts 4/: 520 500 397 378 124 122 : US : 7,358 7,430 6,282 6,379 1,077 1,051 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations, data included in US totals. 4/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. Eggs: Production by Type During October by State and United States, 2005-2006 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 3/ : All Hatching Type 3/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 173 170 39 40 134 130 AR : 297 273 106 104 191 169 CA : 426 424 CO : 90 92 CT : 70 66 FL : 261 242 253 235 8 7 GA : 419 408 234 219 185 189 HI : 9.2 7.6 9.2 7.6 0 0 IL : 111 121 108 117 3 4 IN : 547 556 535 544 12 12 IA : 1,128 1,168 1,155 13 ME : 83 84 MD : 61 62 59 60 2 2 MI : 182 214 MN : 260 245 252 237 8 8 MS : 137 128 40 39 97 89 MO : 157 168 NE : 271 266 271 266 0 0 NY : 94 94 NC : 220 225 85 88 135 137 OH : 635 615 OR : 71 69 69 67 2 2 PA : 551 561 535 541 16 20 SC : 111 108 90 86 21 22 SD : 71 72 71 72 0 0 TX : 410 437 VA : 74 69 36 35 38 34 WA : 110 112 WI : 112 103 : Oth Sts 4/: 536 518 408 392 128 126 : US : 7,677 7,678 6,565 6,600 1,112 1,078 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations, data included in US totals. 4/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. Eggs: Production by Type During November by State and United States, 2005-2006 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 3/ : All Hatching Type 3/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 168 166 39 40 129 126 AR : 285 268 103 103 182 165 CA : 425 419 CO : 89 85 CT : 70 70 FL : 254 249 246 242 8 7 GA : 406 403 231 222 175 181 HI : 9.0 7.3 9.0 7.3 0 0 IL : 105 118 102 114 3 4 IN : 542 547 530 535 12 12 IA : 1,091 1,151 1,138 13 ME : 90 84 MD : 62 59 60 57 2 2 MI : 185 211 MN : 253 245 245 237 8 8 MS : 131 124 39 39 92 85 MO : 149 160 NE : 256 260 256 260 0 0 NY : 92 99 NC : 211 224 79 89 132 135 OH : 619 583 OR : 71 69 69 67 2 2 PA : 542 549 526 530 16 19 SC : 109 107 89 86 20 21 SD : 73 68 73 68 0 0 TX : 419 428 VA : 75 67 40 34 35 33 WA : 108 109 WI : 110 111 : Oth Sts 4/: 523 509 403 388 120 121 : US : 7,522 7,549 6,459 6,506 1,063 1,043 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations, data included in US totals. 4/ Not published separately to avoid disclosing individual operations. Chickens: Layers, Pullets, and Other Chickens by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, December 1, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Total : Other : Layers : Pullets : Chickens State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 2/ : 2006 : 2005 2/ : 2006 : 2005 2/ : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 9,138 8,947 4,045 4,364 1,034 974 AR : 14,757 13,998 7,861 7,836 1,604 1,567 CA : 19,582 19,672 4,017 3,217 41 407 CO : 3,932 3,735 656 792 66 69 CT : 3,058 3,000 683 947 7 7 FL : 11,344 11,229 2,200 2,424 51 53 GA : 19,184 19,562 8,065 6,968 1,290 1,457 HI : 486 415 61 55 0 0 ID : 860 547 322 290 6 7 IL : 4,289 5,166 430 426 18 21 IN : 24,717 24,767 7,030 6,860 75 60 IA : 49,951 51,999 8,434 9,539 70 67 KY : 4,621 4,597 1,705 1,729 264 272 LA : 1,864 1,834 568 554 103 102 ME : 4,027 3,881 1,519 1,793 5 3 MD : 2,959 2,560 1,210 938 20 16 MA : 242 234 54 12 0 0 MI : 8,357 9,218 1,752 2,156 1 1 MN : 11,125 11,133 3,520 3,082 45 13 MS : 6,579 6,302 3,313 3,879 757 494 MO : 7,048 7,302 1,633 1,989 120 110 MT : 340 355 138 134 2 1 NE : 11,891 11,606 1,922 1,559 0 0 NH : 149 149 65 69 2 5 NJ : 1,633 1,382 3 3 0 0 NY : 3,976 4,381 1,016 1,184 3 6 NC : 10,941 11,500 5,940 6,771 1,080 930 OH : 28,776 27,475 7,632 6,013 24 23 OK : 3,173 3,124 1,183 1,120 232 237 OR : 2,918 2,707 903 664 11 12 PA : 24,305 24,097 4,511 4,092 110 114 SC : 5,034 4,929 1,304 1,668 148 185 SD : 3,301 3,200 413 356 0 0 TN : 1,292 1,053 624 697 164 139 TX : 19,068 18,683 5,593 5,723 466 455 UT : 3,402 3,763 756 650 0 0 VT : 212 206 25 28 1 1 VA : 3,526 3,266 1,105 1,007 279 239 WA : 4,873 5,155 1,192 949 1 1 WV : 1,127 1,234 589 734 140 140 WI : 4,798 5,110 1,257 1,384 38 33 WY : 12 12 4 4 0 0 : Oth Sts 3/ : 5,336 5,234 1,556 1,428 11 9 : US : 348,203 348,719 96,809 96,087 8,289 8,230 : PR : 1,130 1,070 425 330 13 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Revised. 3/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, ND, NM, NV, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Chickens: Number, Value per Head, and Total Value by State, United States, and Puerto Rico, December 1, 2005-2006 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Value per Head : Total Value State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 3/ : 2006 : 2005 3/ : 2006 : 2005 3/ : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- Dollars --- --- 1,000 Dollars --- : AL : 14,217 14,285 4.00 4.50 56,868 64,283 AR : 24,222 23,401 4.70 4.50 113,843 105,305 CA : 23,640 23,296 1.90 2.00 44,916 46,592 CO : 4,654 4,596 2.00 1.80 9,308 8,273 CT : 3,748 3,954 2.60 2.70 9,745 10,676 FL : 13,595 13,706 2.30 2.20 31,269 30,153 GA : 28,539 27,987 3.90 4.00 111,302 111,948 HI : 547 470 2.00 2.10 1,094 987 ID : 1,188 844 1.60 1.70 1,901 1,435 IL : 4,737 5,613 1.10 1.10 5,211 6,174 IN : 31,822 31,687 1.60 1.20 50,915 38,024 IA : 58,455 61,605 1.40 1.70 81,837 104,729 KY : 6,590 6,598 4.30 3.90 28,337 25,732 LA : 2,535 2,490 2.90 2.90 7,352 7,221 ME : 5,551 5,677 2.40 2.40 13,322 13,625 MD : 4,189 3,514 3.00 3.00 12,567 10,542 MA : 296 246 3.20 5.00 947 1,230 MI : 10,110 11,375 1.80 1.60 18,198 18,200 MN : 14,690 14,228 1.60 1.60 23,504 22,765 MS : 10,649 10,675 4.50 5.00 47,921 53,375 MO : 8,801 9,401 2.50 2.80 22,003 26,323 MT : 480 490 2.70 3.30 1,296 1,617 NE : 13,813 13,165 2.10 1.80 29,007 23,697 NH : 216 223 5.40 4.30 1,166 959 NJ : 1,636 1,385 1.00 1.30 1,636 1,801 NY : 4,995 5,571 1.40 2.20 6,993 12,256 NC : 17,961 19,201 5.40 5.60 96,989 107,526 OH : 36,432 33,511 1.20 1.20 43,718 40,213 OK : 4,588 4,481 4.80 4.50 22,022 20,165 OR : 3,832 3,383 1.70 2.30 6,514 7,781 PA : 28,926 28,303 1.90 1.80 54,959 50,945 SC : 6,486 6,782 3.40 3.00 22,052 20,346 SD : 3,714 3,556 2.00 2.30 7,428 8,179 TN : 2,080 1,889 6.60 7.60 13,728 14,356 TX : 25,127 24,861 2.70 2.90 67,843 72,097 UT : 4,158 4,413 1.70 1.20 7,069 5,296 VT : 238 235 1.90 1.90 452 447 VA : 4,910 4,512 3.80 2.60 18,658 11,731 WA : 6,066 6,105 2.00 4.70 12,132 28,694 WV : 1,856 2,108 5.30 5.30 9,837 11,172 WI : 6,093 6,527 1.90 2.00 11,577 13,054 WY : 16 16 3.20 3.20 51 51 : Oth Sts 4/ : 6,903 6,671 1.91 2.39 13,209 15,930 : US : 453,301 453,036 2.52 2.60 1,140,696 1,175,905 : PR : 1,568 1,415 4.40 3.80 6,899 5,377 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes commercial broilers. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 3/ Revised. 4/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, ND, NM, NV, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 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