HDR1012000150090726951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090726951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released July 26, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board. Broiler Eggs Set In 15 Selected States Up 2 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 164 million eggs during the week ending July 22, 1995. This was up 2 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 4 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 130 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 22, 1995. Placements were up 4 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through July 22, 1995, were 4.99 billion, 5 percent above the 4.77 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 August 2, 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) HDR2012000150090726951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jun 17 : Jun 24 : Jul 1 : Jul 8 : Jul 15 : Jul 22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,226 25,409 *24,272 24,914 25,026 25,319 AR : 29,146 28,736 28,080 27,303 *28,285 28,901 DE : 4,799 4,645 4,629 4,734 *4,616 4,376 FL : 2,953 2,944 2,925 2,835 2,875 2,920 GA : 27,339 *26,490 *26,858 26,710 *27,423 27,092 MD : 8,589 8,805 8,250 8,000 8,680 8,788 MS : 15,066 14,708 14,766 14,552 14,693 14,795 NC : 17,489 17,965 16,620 17,894 17,712 17,600 PA : 3,242 3,463 3,522 3,371 3,379 3,384 SC : 4,295 4,308 4,338 4,350 4,325 4,297 TX : 10,997 11,156 *10,564 9,873 11,212 11,317 VA : 6,531 6,532 6,500 6,469 6,521 6,492 CA, TN, & WV : 10,150 10,164 8,807 9,648 *10,148 8,825 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 165,822 *165,325 *160,131 160,653 *164,895 164,106 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 162,763 160,799 155,631 156,384 159,321 160,320 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 103 103 103 103 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150090726951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jun 17 : Jun 24 : Jul 1 : Jul 8 : Jul 15 : Jul 22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,232 18,815 18,842 19,044 18,411 17,404 AR : 23,454 23,162 23,557 22,401 *23,123 22,611 DE : 5,488 5,006 5,451 5,860 *5,063 5,314 FL : 2,902 2,939 2,931 3,071 2,944 2,906 GA : 22,853 22,228 22,391 21,890 *21,538 22,162 MD : 6,220 6,687 6,072 5,829 *6,592 5,667 MS : 13,315 13,180 12,836 13,030 13,099 13,032 NC : 14,307 13,688 13,946 14,182 14,762 13,297 PA : 2,430 2,418 2,542 2,322 2,503 2,461 SC : 3,499 3,394 3,706 3,621 2,909 3,364 TX : 8,331 8,391 8,355 8,300 8,355 7,848 VA : 5,146 5,201 5,363 5,318 5,212 4,990 CA, TN, & WV : 9,376 9,308 9,569 9,578 *10,113 8,753 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 135,553 134,417 135,561 134,446 *134,624 129,809 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 132,093 132,227 132,061 130,264 128,860 124,517 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 102 103 103 104 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2