C34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 14,1981
Poultry production up but prices remain strong
LITITZ The egg industry once
again is facing an adjustment
problem as production and
marketing costs continue their
upward trend and egg production
continues to equal year earlier
levels.
The big question is “How many
eggs will consumers be willing to
buy at prices high enough to return
a profit to producers and
marketers’”
It will likely be less than what
was produced and marketed a year
earlier. However, the quantity that
can be sold profitably will depend
on many factors, including prices
of other food items and changes in
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February 1980 was the first
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number of layers in the United
States was below the same month a
year earlier. In March 1980 there
were about one percent fewer
layers on farms than a year
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layers on farms each month as
compared with a year earlier
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In September 1980, the average
number of layers on farms was
about 0.2 percent more than a year
earlier On January 1, 1981 there
were about one percent fewer table
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production was the same as a year
earlier.
The cutback m number of layers
in the spring occurred after prices
were well below the average costs
of producing eggs. Following the
adverse weather in June and July,
which curtailed production and
pushed blend egg prices well above
production costs, the industry
increased the proportion of layers
in the nation’s laying flock which
had been force molted
Also, other layers were ap
parently held in production for
longer intervals than was planned
before prices advanced sharply
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This resulted in an increase in the
number of layers on farms in
September -and subsequent
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A factor adding to the weakness
of egg prices last spring was the
cutback in quantity of eggs used
for hatching of broiler chicks.
Demand for eggs for hatching
meat type clucks has been strong.
Hatchabillty has been down. This
increases the number of eggs
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dung chicks Also, cutbacks in the
number of eggs set because of
unfavorable prices in the broiler
industry can add to the table egg
supply.
Long periods of unfavorable
broiler prices will likely result in
marketing hens at earlier ages
than planned originally.
As the broiler industry continues
to expand, an increasing
proportion of the nation’s total egg
production is used for production
of broiler chicks. In December 1980
and 9 3 percent of total egg
production was used for hatching
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