HDR1012000150090906951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090906951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released September 6, 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 161 million eggs during the week ending September 2, 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 130 million chicks for meat production during the week ending September 2, 1995. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through September 2, 1995, were 5.77 billion, 4 percent above the 5.53 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on September 13, 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 (9-95) HDR2012000150090906951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 29 : Aug 5 : Aug 12 : Aug 19 : Aug 26 : Sep 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,858 24,633 *24,044 24,370 24,423 24,501 AR : 29,223 28,871 29,392 29,785 29,681 29,131 DE : 4,773 4,745 4,656 4,770 4,656 4,231 FL : 2,939 2,868 2,858 2,726 2,491 2,796 GA : 27,110 26,797 26,024 26,820 *26,857 25,675 MD : 8,769 8,407 8,561 8,468 8,570 8,500 MS : 14,743 14,760 15,141 14,906 15,072 14,903 NC : 17,700 17,896 18,050 17,930 17,531 17,391 PA : 3,458 3,267 3,189 3,137 3,025 2,992 SC : 4,258 4,302 4,298 4,309 4,354 4,352 TX : 10,893 11,227 11,082 11,349 11,024 11,303 VA : 6,518 6,519 6,470 6,503 *6,403 6,177 CA, TN, & WV : 9,362 9,280 9,131 9,386 9,000 9,231 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 164,604 163,572 *162,896 164,459 *163,087 161,183 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 159,749 159,990 158,776 160,444 160,327 158,751 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 102 103 103 102 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150090906951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 29 : Aug 5 : Aug 12 : Aug 19 : Aug 26 : Sep 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,912 18,200 18,022 17,903 17,637 17,257 AR : 21,190 23,019 23,338 23,626 22,158 22,447 DE : 5,938 5,618 4,729 5,719 5,277 5,073 FL : 2,529 2,775 2,497 2,776 2,535 2,669 GA : 21,923 22,453 22,642 21,650 *21,430 21,219 MD : 5,495 5,721 6,729 5,892 5,972 6,196 MS : 13,047 13,104 12,823 12,580 12,224 12,910 NC : 14,095 14,422 13,601 13,346 13,944 14,395 PA : 2,624 2,548 2,258 2,532 2,467 2,400 SC : 3,219 3,345 3,170 3,424 3,682 2,849 TX : 7,378 8,311 8,257 8,038 8,125 8,116 VA : 5,126 5,269 5,127 5,299 *5,003 5,206 CA, TN, & WV : 9,398 9,762 9,633 8,996 *9,109 8,817 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 129,874 134,547 132,826 131,781 *129,563 129,554 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 124,452 128,301 129,048 129,231 129,482 127,951 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 104 105 103 102 100 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2