1 HDR1012000150090920951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090920951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released September 20, 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 6 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 156 million eggs during the week ending September 16, 1995. This was up 6 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 81 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler Chicks Placed Up Slightly Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 129 million chicks for meat production during the week ending September 16, 1995. Placements were up slightly from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through September 16, 1995, were 6.03 billion, 4 percent above the 5.79 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on September 27, 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) HDR2012000150090920951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 12 : Aug 19 : Aug 26 : Sep 2 : Sep 9 : Sep 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,044 24,370 *24,338 24,501 23,960 24,382 AR : 29,392 29,785 *29,735 *29,241 *28,427 28,144 DE : 4,656 4,770 4,656 4,231 4,339 4,232 FL : 2,858 2,851 2,491 2,796 2,890 2,893 GA : 26,024 26,874 *26,813 *26,696 *24,514 27,032 MD : 8,561 8,468 8,570 8,500 8,591 8,303 MS : 15,141 14,867 15,072 14,903 14,937 13,913 NC : 18,050 *17,943 *17,624 17,391 16,606 15,597 PA : 3,158 2,977 3,100 2,954 3,045 3,031 SC : 4,298 4,309 4,354 4,352 4,352 4,354 TX : 11,082 11,349 11,024 11,265 11,040 10,642 VA : 6,470 6,503 6,403 6,177 6,330 5,981 CA, TN, & WV : 9,131 9,386 *8,996 *8,824 *8,322 7,452 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 162,865 *164,452 *163,176 *161,831 *157,353 155,956 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 158,776 160,444 160,327 158,751 151,563 146,751 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 102 102 102 104 106 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150090920951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 12 : Aug 19 : Aug 26 : Sep 2 : Sep 9 : Sep 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,022 17,903 17,637 17,257 17,622 17,355 AR : 23,338 23,626 *22,123 *22,444 *22,325 22,686 DE : 4,729 5,719 5,277 5,073 5,908 4,753 FL : 2,497 2,776 2,535 2,669 2,663 2,717 GA : 22,642 21,650 21,430 21,193 *21,285 21,683 MD : 6,729 5,892 5,972 6,196 5,494 6,424 MS : 12,823 12,580 12,224 12,910 12,833 12,761 NC : 13,601 13,346 13,944 14,395 13,907 13,555 PA : 2,290 2,488 2,460 2,454 2,390 2,243 SC : 3,170 3,424 3,682 2,849 3,641 3,144 TX : 8,265 8,045 8,133 8,116 8,113 8,172 VA : 5,127 5,299 5,003 5,206 4,954 5,326 CA, TN, & WV : *9,632 8,996 *9,112 *8,793 *9,172 8,152 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total :*132,865 131,744 *129,532 *129,555 *130,307 128,971 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 129,048 129,231 129,482 127,951 128,623 128,435 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 102 100 101 101 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2