US shell eggs broken up 3% over 2010

U.S. shell eggs broken totaled 182 million dozen during August 2011, up 3% from August 2010 and 1% above the 180 million broken in July, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
During the calendar year 2011 through August, shell eggs broken totaled 1.39 billion dozen, up 2% from the comparable period in 2010. To date, cumulative total edible product from eggs broken in 2011 was 1.8 billion pounds, up 2% from 2010. Of that total, 1.09 billion pounds were whole eggs, 468.3 million pounds were egg whites and 239 million pounds were egg yolks.
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American Egg Board funded $2 million in nutrition research in 2010

During 2010, the American Egg Board's Egg Nutrition Center funded a record $2 million for nutrition research and awarded grants to faculty at several universities, according to the board's annual report.
Roughly 13% of the AEB's expenditures came from nutrition campaigns, while 12% went to agriculture education and 12% went to state support and industry programs (6% each). Recipients of the grants included the University of Connecticut, the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, San Diego State University, Austin University School of Medicine and the Baylor College of Medicine. Advertising took up the largest percentage of expenditures (38%), market communications claimed 7% and food service and egg product marketing each accounted for 4% of expenditures.
The board also focused on egg safety, working with the United Egg Producers to develop an Egg Safety Crisis Plan. The AEB reallocated $1 million from existing programs for a campaign to regain consumer confidence following the egg recall in August 2010. The AEB then created the Social Media Crisis Response Plan, and it was also intended to establish a parallel Crisis Protection Plan. Efforts included advertisements in USA Today, Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, as well as statements on egg safety through various media outlets. The AEB said that these efforts “played a key role in minimizing erosion of consumer demand.”
Total revenue for the AEB amounted to $21.23 million, while total expenditures reached $24.65 million — representing a deficit of $3.4 million for the year. As of the end of 2010, the AEB had total assets of $12.47 million with an accumulated excess of revenue over operating expenses of $10.3 million. The deficit between revenue and expenditure was funded from accumulated funds.

WATT Online Animal Forum live April 6, available archived through July 6

The WATT Online Animal Forum: Feeding the Globe, an event focused on helping animal agriculture executives meet the challenges of feeding the world's growing population, is live on April 6 and will be available in archived format through July 6.
The forum runs live on April 6 from 0800 to 1700 CST (1400 to 2300 GMT) with a mix of live webinars, networking opportunities and information on products and services from major industry suppliers. Over 1,200 people from 100 countries have registered to attend.
Registrants who want to access the archived version of the event after April 6 may do so using their registration login credentials. If you are not registered, but would like to access the archived version of the event, you will need to register to receive login information at http://www.wattevents.com/.

IRI report: majority of Americans purchase traditional eggs

Source: United Egg Producers

A recently released Information Resources Inc. (IRI) report reveals that the overwhelming majority of American consumers continue to buy traditionally produced eggs.
According to the report, Americans purchase 19.8 billion (96%) traditional eggs annually. In comparison, 619 million (3%) eggs purchased are cage-free and 227 million (1%) are organic free range. Perhaps as a result of these numbers, cage-free and organic eggs have dropped in retail price, with cage-free coming in at $2.50 per dozen (down 14% from a year ago) and organic free range decreasing to $2.64 per dozen (33% less than a year ago). In contrast, traditional egg retail prices are up 8% to $1.02 per dozen.
According to the International Egg Commission, 85% of eggs are produced in traditional cages.

July table egg exports down 7.5% in volume

Table egg exports in July 2010 amounted to 5.855 million dozen valued at $4.329 million, representing an average revenue of 72 cents per dozen. The 7.5% decline in volume was due to a decrease in shipments to Canada and Mexico.
Compensatory increases were achieved from exports to the UAE, South Korea and the Caribbean. For the first seven months of 2010, 37.413 million dozens were exported at an average revenue of 81 cents per dozen. Hong Kong, Canada, UAE, Bahamas and Israel represented the top five importers.
During July, 2,714 tons of processed products were exported, with an aggregate value of $8.924 million or $3,288/ton. The volume was reduced by 20% compared to the corresponding period in 2009, mainly due to lower volume of shipments to Canada. Year to date export of egg products attained 21,789 tons valued at $68.121 million, or $3,127/ton.
Total volume of eggs exported in-shell and as shell equivalent liquid amounted to 3% of U.S. production, or 115,707 million dozen over the first seven months of 2010, according to data assembled by USDA-FAS and processed by Dr. Renan Zhuang of the USA Poultry and Egg Export Council.

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