HDR1012000150090809951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090809951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released August 9, 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 2 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 164 million eggs during the week ending August 5, 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 82 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 134 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 5, 1995. Placements were up 5 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through August 5, 1995, were 5.25 billion, 5 percent above the 5.02 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on August 16, 1995. Subscription Information To subscribe to NASS reports or to order single copies, call toll free, 1-800-999-6779 (weekdays 8:30-5:00 p.m. ET). You may write: ERS/NASS, 341 Victory Drive, Herndon, VA 22070. Pou 2-2 (8-95) HDR2012000150090809951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 1 : Jul 8 : Jul 15 : Jul 22 : Jul 29 : Aug 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,272 24,512 25,026 25,291 24,946 24,636 AR : 28,080 27,303 *28,765 29,161 29,223 28,802 DE : 4,629 4,734 4,616 4,376 4,773 4,745 FL : 2,925 2,935 2,875 2,920 2,939 2,868 GA : 26,858 26,710 *27,356 27,324 *27,071 26,892 MD : 8,250 8,600 8,680 8,788 8,769 8,407 MS : 14,662 14,552 14,693 14,795 14,743 14,760 NC : 16,620 17,894 17,712 17,600 17,700 17,896 PA : 3,522 *3,424 *3,433 *3,130 *3,458 3,267 SC : 4,338 4,350 4,325 4,297 4,258 4,302 TX : 10,564 9,873 11,212 11,317 10,903 11,227 VA : 6,500 6,469 6,521 6,492 6,518 6,519 CA, TN, & WV : 8,807 9,648 10,148 8,825 *9,366 9,282 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 160,027 *161,004 *165,362 *164,316 *164,667 163,603 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 155,631 156,384 159,321 160,320 159,749 159,990 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 103 104 102 103 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150090809951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 1 : Jul 8 : Jul 15 : Jul 22 : Jul 29 : Aug 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,842 19,044 18,411 17,404 17,912 18,198 AR : 23,557 22,401 22,159 22,494 21,190 23,041 DE : 5,451 5,860 5,063 5,314 5,938 5,618 FL : 2,931 3,071 2,944 2,906 *2,529 2,551 GA : 22,391 21,890 *21,484 22,195 *21,923 22,453 MD : 6,072 5,829 6,592 5,667 5,495 5,721 MS : 12,836 13,030 13,099 13,032 13,047 13,104 NC : 13,946 14,182 14,762 13,297 14,095 14,422 PA : 2,542 *2,316 *2,466 *2,424 *2,624 2,548 SC : 3,706 3,621 2,909 3,364 *3,219 3,345 TX : *8,363 *8,308 *8,363 *7,856 *7,378 8,311 VA : 5,363 5,318 5,212 4,990 5,126 5,269 CA, TN, & WV : 9,569 9,578 10,113 8,752 *9,398 9,764 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total :*135,569 *134,448 *133,577 *129,695 *129,874 134,345 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 132,061 130,264 128,860 124,517 124,452 128,301 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 103 104 104 104 105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2