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APPENDIX 2: THIRD COUNTRIESprocessors such as Campbell’s and Stouffers, primarily for use in making soup. When thesecompanies switched to the use of broilers, the market for spent hens essentially evaporated. Whilesome producers had received as much as 5¢/pound for birds delivered to the plant, the value of thebirds is now zero if not negative. In some areas, disposal costs as high as 18¢/bird are being paid. Asa result, the industry is now searching for alternative uses that would at least permit it to break even.A2.4.5. ReferencesBell, Donald D., Bell’s Profile of the Commercial Layer Industry in the United States, Watt Publishing,January 2004.Bell, Donald, Don Bell’s Table Egg Layer Flock Projections and Economic Commentary and EggEconomics Update, various issues.Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., 2003 Annual Report to Shareholders.Easterling, Edward H. and Floyd A. Lasley, Estimating Costs and Returns for Poultry and Eggs, ERS,USDA, July 1985.Hy-Line International, Commercial Management Guides, 2004.Lawrence, John et. al., Economic Importance of the Iowa Egg Industry, Department of Economics,Iowa State University, March 2003.Martin, Larry et. al., Prospects for Expanded Egg Production in Western Canada, George MorrisCentre, October 1998.Martinez, Steve W., Vertical Co-ordination of Marketing Systems: Lessons from the Poultry, Egg, andPork Industries, USDA, ERS, April 2002.Patterson, Paul H. et. al., Agricultural Alternatives: Small-Scale Egg Production, Pennsylvania StateUniversity, 1999.USDA, Animal and Plant Inspection Service, Layers ’99, Reference of 1999 Table Egg LayerManagement in the U.S., October 1999 (Part I) and January 2000 (Part II).USDA, ERS, Poultry Yearbook, various issues.Watt Publishing, Egg Industry, various issues.388