The price of corn is nudging 7 per bushel, while layer feed increased by 6,4 across the six-regions. Maro Ibarburu, program manager for the Egg Industry Center, located at Iowa State, released the December/January Statistical Report on February 13,2011, which was prepared in collaboration with Don Bell of the University of California at Riverside. It is evident that the industry is returning to traditional seasonal prices with the post-Christmas decline apparent. The volume of shell eggs reaching the market may still be restrained by premature depletion of flocks and diversion as a result of 45-week and post-molt confirmation of infection with SE in individual flocks.
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