date:Feb 05, 2013
2012 and from December 2011.
Shell eggs broken in December were 178,919,000 dozen, up 7% from November and up 6% from December 2011. Shell eggs broken in January-December 2012 totaled 2,114,304,000 dozen, up 2% from 2011.
JanuaryDecember production of edible whole eggs was 1,663,126,000 lbs, up slightly from 1,660,286,000 lbs during the previous year; whites were 711,643,000 lbs, up 4%; yolks were 363,734,000 lbs, up 3%; and total edible liquid was 2,738,503,000 lbs, up 1%.