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Iowa eggproduction increases in March

Iowa continues to lead the nation in the number of laying chickens and egg production. Ohio is a distant second followed by Indianaand Pennsylvania. Egg production in Iowa in March 2009 was 1.22 billion eggs, up 2.5 percent from March 2008. The total number of layers on hand during March was 53.9 million, up from 53.4 million layers a year ago.

U.S. egg production totaled 7.72 billion during March, upone percent from last year. All layers in the U.S. on April 1, 2009 totaled 341 million, down slightly from last year.

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