HDR1012000150090816951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090816951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released August 16, 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 162 million eggs during the week ending August 12, 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 2 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 132 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 12, 1995. Placements were up 2 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through August 12, 1995, were 5.38 billion, 5 percent above the 5.15 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on August 23, 1995. 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. Pou 2-2 (8-95) HDR2012000150090816951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 8 : Jul 15 : Jul 22 : Jul 29 : Aug 5 : Aug 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,512 25,026 25,291 24,946 *24,633 23,935 AR : 27,303 *28,769 *29,554 29,223 *28,871 29,062 DE : 4,734 4,616 4,376 4,773 4,745 4,656 FL : 2,935 2,875 2,920 2,939 2,868 2,858 GA : 26,710 27,356 27,324 27,071 *26,871 26,057 MD : 8,600 8,680 8,788 8,769 8,407 8,561 MS : 14,552 14,693 14,795 14,743 14,760 15,141 NC : 17,894 17,712 17,600 17,700 17,896 18,050 PA : 3,424 3,433 3,130 3,458 3,267 3,189 SC : 4,350 4,325 4,297 4,258 4,302 4,298 TX : 9,873 11,212 11,317 10,903 11,227 11,082 VA : 6,469 6,521 6,492 6,518 6,519 6,470 CA, TN, & WV : 9,648 *10,144 *8,824 *9,362 *9,280 9,132 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 161,004 *165,362 *164,708 *164,663 *163,646 162,491 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 156,384 159,321 160,320 159,749 159,990 158,776 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 104 103 103 102 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150090816951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 8 : Jul 15 : Jul 22 : Jul 29 : Aug 5 : Aug 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 19,044 18,411 17,404 17,912 *18,200 18,022 AR : 22,401 22,159 22,494 21,190 *23,019 23,338 DE : 5,860 5,063 5,314 5,938 5,618 4,729 FL : 3,071 2,944 2,906 2,529 *2,775 2,497 GA : 21,890 21,484 22,195 21,923 *22,445 22,624 MD : 5,829 6,592 5,667 5,495 5,721 6,729 MS : 13,030 13,099 13,032 13,047 13,104 12,823 NC : 14,182 14,762 13,297 14,095 14,422 13,601 PA : 2,316 2,466 2,424 2,624 2,548 2,258 SC : 3,621 2,909 3,364 3,219 3,345 3,170 TX : 8,308 8,363 7,856 7,378 8,311 8,257 VA : 5,318 5,212 4,990 5,126 5,269 5,127 CA, TN, & WV : 9,578 10,113 *8,749 9,398 *9,762 8,779 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 134,448 133,577 *129,692 129,874 *134,539 131,954 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 130,264 128,860 124,517 124,452 128,301 129,048 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 104 104 104 105 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2