HDR1012000150090823951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090823951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released August 23, 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 19, 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 19, 1995. Placements were up 2 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through August 19, 1995, were 5.51 billion, 5 percent above the 5.28 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on August 30, 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) HDR2012000150090823951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 15 : Jul 22 : Jul 29 : Aug 5 : Aug 12 : Aug 19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,026 25,291 *24,858 24,633 23,935 24,370 AR : 28,769 29,554 29,223 28,871 *29,392 29,785 DE : 4,616 4,376 4,773 4,745 4,656 4,770 FL : 2,875 2,920 2,939 2,868 2,858 2,726 GA : 27,356 27,324 *27,110 26,871 *26,024 26,809 MD : 8,680 8,788 8,769 8,407 8,561 8,468 MS : 14,693 14,795 14,743 14,760 15,141 14,906 NC : 17,712 17,600 17,700 17,896 18,050 17,930 PA : 3,433 3,130 3,458 3,267 3,189 3,137 SC : 4,325 4,297 4,258 4,302 4,298 4,309 TX : 11,212 11,317 *10,893 11,227 11,082 11,349 VA : 6,521 6,492 6,518 6,519 6,470 6,503 CA, TN, & WV : 10,144 8,824 9,362 9,280 *9,131 9,386 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 165,362 164,708 *164,604 163,646 *162,787 164,448 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 159,321 160,320 159,749 159,990 158,776 160,444 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 104 103 103 102 103 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150090823951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 15 : Jul 22 : Jul 29 : Aug 5 : Aug 12 : Aug 19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,411 17,404 17,912 18,200 18,022 17,903 AR : 22,159 22,494 21,190 23,019 23,338 23,616 DE : 5,063 5,314 5,938 5,618 4,729 5,719 FL : 2,944 2,906 2,529 2,775 2,497 2,826 GA : 21,484 22,195 21,923 22,445 *22,642 21,651 MD : 6,592 5,667 5,495 5,721 6,729 5,892 MS : 13,099 13,032 13,047 13,104 12,823 12,580 NC : 14,762 13,297 14,095 14,422 13,601 13,346 PA : 2,466 2,424 2,624 2,548 2,258 2,532 SC : 2,909 3,364 3,219 3,345 3,170 3,424 TX : 8,363 7,856 7,378 8,311 8,257 8,038 VA : 5,212 4,990 5,126 5,269 5,127 5,299 CA, TN, & WV : 10,113 8,749 9,398 9,762 8,779 8,996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 133,577 129,692 129,874 134,539 *131,972 131,822 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 128,860 124,517 124,452 128,301 129,048 129,231 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 104 104 104 105 102 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2