HDR1012000150090913951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090913951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released September 13, 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 4 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 158 million eggs during the week ending September 9, 1995. This was up 4 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 9, 1995. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through September 9, 1995, were 5.91 billion, 4 percent above the 5.66 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on September 20, 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) HDR2012000150090913951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 5 : Aug 12 : Aug 19 : Aug 26 : Sep 2 : Sep 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,633 24,044 24,370 24,423 24,501 23,960 AR : 28,871 29,392 29,785 29,681 29,131 28,341 DE : 4,745 4,656 4,770 4,656 4,231 4,339 FL : 2,868 2,858 *2,851 2,491 2,796 2,890 GA : 26,797 26,024 *26,874 26,857 *26,715 24,663 MD : 8,407 8,561 8,468 8,570 8,500 8,591 MS : 14,760 15,141 *14,867 15,072 14,903 14,937 NC : 17,896 18,050 17,930 17,531 17,391 16,606 PA : *3,195 *3,158 *2,977 *3,100 *2,954 3,045 SC : 4,302 4,298 4,309 4,354 4,352 4,352 TX : 11,227 11,082 11,349 11,024 *11,265 11,040 VA : 6,519 6,470 6,503 6,403 6,177 6,330 CA, TN, & WV : 9,280 9,131 9,386 9,000 *8,827 8,649 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total :*163,500 *162,865 *164,439 *163,162 *161,743 157,743 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 159,990 158,776 160,444 160,327 158,751 151,563 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 103 102 102 102 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150090913951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 5 : Aug 12 : Aug 19 : Aug 26 : Sep 2 : Sep 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,200 18,022 17,903 17,637 17,257 17,622 AR : 23,019 23,338 23,626 22,158 22,447 22,365 DE : 5,618 4,729 5,719 5,277 5,073 5,908 FL : 2,775 2,497 2,776 2,535 2,669 2,663 GA : 22,453 22,642 21,650 21,430 *21,193 21,252 MD : 5,721 6,729 5,892 5,972 6,196 5,494 MS : 13,104 12,823 12,580 12,224 12,910 12,833 NC : 14,422 13,601 13,346 13,944 14,395 13,907 PA : *2,531 *2,290 *2,488 *2,460 *2,454 2,390 SC : 3,345 3,170 3,424 3,682 2,849 3,641 TX : *8,318 *8,265 *8,045 *8,133 8,116 8,113 VA : 5,269 5,127 5,299 5,003 5,206 4,954 CA, TN, & WV : 9,762 9,633 8,996 9,109 *8,789 9,169 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total :*134,537 *132,866 *131,744 *129,564 *129,554 130,311 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 128,301 129,048 129,231 129,482 127,951 128,623 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 105 103 102 100 101 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2