HDR1012000150090706951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090706951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released July 6, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board. Broiler Eggs Set In 15 Selected States Up 4 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 162 million eggs during the week ending July 1, 1995. This was up 4 percent from 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 3 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 136 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 1, 1995. Placements were up 3 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through July 1, 1995, were 4.59 billion, 5 percent above the 4.38 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 July 12, 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 (7-95) HDR2012000150090706951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : May 27 : Jun 3 : Jun 10 : Jun 17 : Jun 24 : Jul 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,326 25,278 25,540 25,276 25,409 24,369 AR : 29,075 *29,119 29,450 29,146 29,026 27,952 DE : 4,740 4,730 4,761 4,799 4,645 4,629 FL : 2,975 3,001 2,955 2,953 2,944 2,925 GA : 27,515 27,074 27,531 27,339 *26,944 27,249 MD : 8,677 8,736 8,670 8,589 8,805 8,250 MS : 15,041 15,013 15,077 15,066 14,708 14,766 NC : 17,812 17,343 17,766 17,489 17,965 16,620 PA : 3,262 3,376 3,436 *3,242 *3,463 3,303 SC : 4,211 4,253 4,266 4,295 4,308 4,365 TX : 11,133 11,144 11,190 10,997 11,156 10,560 VA : 6,507 6,528 6,542 6,531 6,532 6,500 CA, TN, & WV : 9,271 9,421 10,029 10,150 10,164 10,146 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 165,545 *165,016 167,213 *165,872 *166,069 161,634 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 163,036 163,621 163,367 162,763 160,799 155,631 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 101 102 102 103 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150090706951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : May 27 : Jun 3 : Jun 10 : Jun 17 : Jun 24 : Jul 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,772 18,519 18,141 18,232 18,815 18,842 AR : 22,470 22,657 22,859 *23,454 *23,162 23,539 DE : 5,330 5,685 5,262 5,488 5,006 5,451 FL : 3,148 2,835 2,859 2,902 2,939 2,931 GA : 22,892 21,946 22,810 22,853 *22,337 22,374 MD : 5,373 5,786 6,342 6,220 6,687 6,072 MS : 13,349 13,307 13,261 13,315 13,180 12,836 NC : 14,822 14,014 14,425 14,307 13,688 13,946 PA : 2,459 2,460 2,374 *2,430 *2,418 2,527 SC : 2,912 3,426 3,167 3,499 3,394 3,706 TX : 8,532 8,385 8,424 8,320 8,380 8,355 VA : 5,651 5,561 5,513 5,146 5,201 5,363 CA, TN, & WV : 9,242 *9,641 *10,081 *9,376 *9,312 9,759 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 133,952 *134,222 *135,518 *135,542 *134,519 135,701 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 129,578 130,959 131,513 132,093 132,227 132,061 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 102 103 103 102 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2