HDR1012000150090712951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090712951500BROILER EGGS SET & CHICKS PLACED WEEKLY BROILERS Released July 12, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board. Broiler Eggs Set In 15 Selected States Up 3 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 161 million eggs during the week ending July 8, 1995. This was up 3 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 134 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 8, 1995. Placements were up 3 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through July 8, 1995, were 4.72 billion, 5 percent above the 4.51 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 19, 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) Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jun 3 : Jun 10 : Jun 17 : Jun 24 : Jul 1 : Jul 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,278 25,540 *25,226 25,409 24,369 24,914 AR : 29,119 29,450 29,146 29,026 *28,080 27,225 DE : 4,730 4,761 4,799 4,645 4,629 4,737 FL : 3,001 2,955 2,953 2,944 2,925 2,835 GA : 27,074 27,531 27,339 26,944 *27,318 26,760 MD : 8,736 8,670 8,589 8,805 8,250 8,000 MS : 15,013 15,077 15,066 14,708 14,766 14,552 NC : 17,343 17,766 17,489 17,965 16,620 17,894 PA : 3,376 3,436 3,242 3,463 3,303 3,371 SC : 4,253 4,266 4,295 4,308 *4,338 4,350 TX : 11,144 11,190 10,997 11,156 *10,562 9,873 VA : 6,528 6,542 6,531 6,532 6,500 6,469 CA, TN, & WV : 9,421 *10,054 10,150 *10,162 *8,802 9,649 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 165,016 *167,238 *165,822 *166,067 *160,462 160,629 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 163,621 163,367 162,763 160,799 155,631 156,384 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 101 102 102 103 103 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jun 3 : Jun 10 : Jun 17 : Jun 24 : Jul 1 : Jul 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,519 18,141 18,232 18,815 18,842 19,044 AR : 22,657 22,859 23,454 23,162 *23,557 22,399 DE : 5,685 5,262 5,488 5,006 5,451 5,926 FL : 2,835 2,859 2,902 2,939 2,931 3,071 GA : 21,946 22,810 22,853 22,337 *22,382 21,924 MD : 5,786 6,342 6,220 6,687 6,072 5,758 MS : 13,307 13,261 13,315 13,180 12,836 13,030 NC : 14,014 14,425 14,307 13,688 13,946 14,182 PA : 2,460 2,374 2,430 2,418 2,527 2,322 SC : 3,426 3,167 3,499 3,394 3,706 3,621 TX : *8,396 *8,435 *8,331 *8,391 8,355 8,300 VA : 5,561 5,513 5,146 5,201 5,363 5,318 CA, TN, & WV : 9,641 10,081 9,376 9,312 *9,568 9,579 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total :*134,233 *135,529 *135,553 *134,530 *135,536 134,474 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 130,959 131,513 132,093 132,227 132,061 130,264 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 103 103 102 103 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised