Shell eggs broken down 2 percent during June

During calendar year 2008 through June, shell eggs broken totaled 1,010 million dozen, up 3 percent from the comparable period in 2007. To date, cumulative total edible product from eggs broken in 2008 was 1,320 million pounds, up 2 percent from 2007.

Looking at edible product data, whole eggs broken was down 4 percent; egg whites down 2 percent; with yolks, up 1 percent, comparing this June with that month in 2007.