HDR1012000150090802951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090802951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGTS Released August 2, 1995, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Broiler Hatchery" call Tom Kruchten at (202) 690-4870, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS Information Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@AG.GOV. Broiler Eggs Set In 15 Selected States Up 3 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 165 million eggs during the week ending July 29, 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 5 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 130 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 29, 1995. Placements were up 5 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through July 29, 1995, were 5.12 billion, 5 percent above the 4.89 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on August 9, 1995. Subscription Information To subscribe to NASS reports or to order single copies, call toll free, 1-800-999-6779 (weekdays 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. ET). You may write: ERS/NASS, 341 Victory Drive, Herndon VA 22070. Pou 2-2 (8-95) HDR2012000150090802951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jun 24 : Jul 1 : Jul 8 : Jul 15 : Jul 22 : Jul 29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,409 24,272 *24,512 25,026 *25,291 24,946 AR : 28,736 28,080 27,303 28,285 *29,161 29,223 DE : 4,645 4,629 4,734 4,616 4,376 4,773 FL : 2,944 2,925 *2,935 2,875 2,920 2,939 GA : 26,490 26,858 26,710 *27,485 *27,324 27,052 MD : 8,805 8,250 *8,600 8,680 8,788 8,769 MS : 14,708 *14,662 14,552 14,693 14,795 14,743 NC : 17,965 16,620 17,894 17,712 17,600 17,700 PA : 3,463 3,522 3,371 3,379 3,384 3,558 SC : 4,308 4,338 4,350 4,325 4,297 4,258 TX : 11,156 10,564 9,873 11,212 11,317 10,903 VA : 6,532 6,500 6,469 6,521 6,492 6,518 CA, TN, & WV : 10,164 8,807 9,648 10,148 8,825 9,363 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 165,325 *160,027 *160,951 *164,957 *164,570 164,745 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 160,799 155,631 156,384 159,321 160,320 159,749 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 103 103 104 103 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150090802951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jun 24 : Jul 1 : Jul 8 : Jul 15 : Jul 22 : Jul 29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,815 18,842 19,044 18,411 17,404 17,912 AR : 23,162 23,557 22,401 *22,159 *22,494 21,190 DE : 5,006 5,451 5,860 5,063 5,314 5,938 FL : 2,939 2,931 3,071 2,944 2,906 2,962 GA : 22,228 22,391 21,890 21,538 *22,195 21,887 MD : 6,687 6,072 5,829 6,592 5,667 5,495 MS : 13,180 12,836 13,030 13,099 13,032 13,047 NC : 13,688 13,946 14,182 14,762 13,297 14,095 PA : 2,418 2,542 2,322 2,503 2,461 2,597 SC : 3,394 3,706 3,621 2,909 3,364 3,202 TX : 8,391 8,355 8,300 8,355 7,848 7,370 VA : 5,201 5,363 5,318 5,212 4,990 5,126 CA, TN, & WV : 9,308 9,569 9,578 10,113 *8,752 9,396 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 134,417 135,561 134,446 *133,660 *129,724 130,217 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 132,227 132,061 130,264 128,860 124,517 124,452 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 103 103 104 104 105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised