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APPENDIX 2: THIRD COUNTRIESTable A2.37: Top ten U.S. egg producing firms 2003Firm Headquarters Number of layers in production (millions)1999 2000 2001 2002 2003Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Jackson, MS 19.9 20.4 20.4 20.6 21.1Rose Acre Farms Seymour, IN 15.7 16.2 16.0 17.5 17.5Moark LLC Carthage, MN 6.5 6.5 6.4 8.4 14.2Michael Foods Minneapolis, MN 15.0 13.5 14.0 14.0 13.8Spareboe Companies Litchfield, MN 5.0 7.0 8.0 10.5 12.0DeCoster Egg Farms Turner, ME 12.6 12.6 12.8 10.5 10.5Dutchland Farms, L.P. Lancaster, PA 4.3 4.3 7.3 7.3 6.9Buckeye Egg Farm Croton, OH 10.5 10.5 10.5 11.0 6.7Fort Recovery Equity Fort Recovery, OH 8.0 8.0 6.3 6.5 6.7ISE America, Inc. Galena, MD 4.8 5.5 5.5 6.1 6.5Source: Egg Industry, various issues.The growing influence of the largest of these firms is indicated in Figure A2.9 below. While thenumber of firms with 5 million or more layers in production has gradually risen over the past 20years, their share of the national flock has risen about seven-fold, going from 6% in 1983 to 47% in2003.5050454540403535303025252020151510105501983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003% of layers Number of firms0Figure A2.9: Trend in large firm egg production, 1983-2003Source: Don Bell and Watt Publishing Co.In comparison with the production of broilers and turkeys, U.S. egg producers make somewhatgreater use of vertical integration as a means of co-ordinating production and processing. Of the371

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