HDR1012000150090322951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090322951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Broiler Eggs Set In 15 Selected States Up 4 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set 165 million eggs during the week ending March 18, 1995. This was 4 percent above the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 83 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler Chicks Placed Up 6 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 134 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 18, 1995. Placements were up 6 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through March 18, 1995, were 2.57 billion, 5 percent above the 2.44 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * Subscription Information To subscribe to NASS reports or to order single copies, call toll free, 1-800-999-6779. You may write: ERS/NASS, 341 Victory Drive, Herndon, VA 22070. The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on March 29, 1995. For information call Tom Kruchten at (202) 690-4870. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. Pou 2-2 (3-95) HDR2012000150090322951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Feb 11 : Feb 18 : Feb 25 : Mar 4 : Mar 11 : Mar 18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,179 25,677 25,628 25,466 *25,375 25,718 AR : 28,423 28,093 28,450 28,644 29,033 28,741 DE : 4,662 4,665 4,665 4,686 4,713 4,552 FL : 2,473 2,584 2,565 2,583 2,587 2,578 GA : 25,627 26,150 *26,787 26,928 *26,994 26,764 MD : 8,204 8,842 8,690 8,747 8,817 8,809 MS : 13,749 14,755 14,794 14,968 15,089 14,998 NC : 16,539 17,432 17,419 17,514 17,492 17,985 PA : 3,050 3,158 3,322 3,211 3,125 3,348 SC : 4,378 4,351 4,366 4,362 4,338 4,145 TX : 10,672 10,809 *10,766 10,933 10,994 10,981 VA : 6,471 6,478 6,447 6,525 6,511 6,511 CA, TN, & WV : 9,491 9,683 9,451 *9,574 *9,864 9,886 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 158,918 162,677 *163,350 *164,141 *164,932 165,016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 156,358 156,261 157,780 157,660 158,323 158,683 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 104 104 104 104 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150090322951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Feb 11 : Feb 18 : Feb 25 : Mar 4 : Mar 11 : Mar 18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,600 18,196 18,659 18,339 *18,597 19,251 AR : 21,573 22,741 22,589 22,480 21,524 22,979 DE : 5,768 4,745 4,628 5,311 5,813 5,980 FL : 2,697 3,113 2,616 2,851 2,687 2,499 GA : 21,794 21,388 20,900 20,791 *21,153 21,650 MD : 5,732 6,653 6,173 6,003 5,941 5,800 MS : 13,245 13,208 13,013 11,961 12,545 12,887 NC : 13,826 13,447 13,137 13,311 13,951 14,038 PA : 2,453 2,424 2,272 2,443 2,507 2,439 SC : 2,971 3,239 3,566 *3,298 3,685 3,623 TX : 7,776 7,582 7,202 7,948 8,002 8,079 VA : 5,175 5,557 5,074 5,239 5,283 5,429 CA, TN, & WV : 8,415 8,844 8,440 9,243 9,681 9,239 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 130,025 131,137 128,269 *129,218 *131,369 133,893 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 120,301 122,351 123,298 123,984 124,852 126,549 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 108 107 104 104 105 106 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2