HDR1012000150090927951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090927951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released September 27, 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 7 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 155 million eggs during the week ending September 23, 1995. This was up 7 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 2 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 129 million chicks for meat production during the week ending September 23, 1995. Placements were up 2 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through September 23, 1995, were 6.16 billion, 4 percent above the 5.92 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on October 4, 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) HDR2012000150090927951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week Ending State :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 19 : Aug 26 : Sep 2 : Sep 9 : Sep 16 : Sep 23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 : AL : 24,370 24,338 24,501 23,960 24,382 22,564 AR : 29,785 29,735 29,241 28,427 28,144 27,940 DE : 4,770 4,656 4,231 4,339 4,232 4,538 FL : 2,851 *2,700 2,796 2,890 2,893 2,930 GA : 26,874 26,813 *26,740 24,514 *27,384 25,665 MD : 8,468 8,570 8,500 8,591 8,303 8,518 MS : 14,867 15,072 14,903 14,937 13,913 13,664 NC : 17,943 17,624 17,391 16,606 *15,641 17,068 PA : 2,977 3,100 2,954 *3,044 3,031 2,931 SC : 4,309 4,354 4,352 4,352 4,354 4,152 TX : 11,349 11,024 11,265 11,040 *10,496 10,122 VA : 6,503 6,403 6,177 6,330 5,981 6,169 CA, TN, & WV : 9,386 8,996 8,824 8,322 *7,976 8,590 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1995 Total : 164,452 *163,385 *161,875 *157,352 *156,730 154,851 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1994 Total : 160,444 160,327 158,751 151,563 146,751 145,038 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ % of Prev Yr : 102 102 102 104 107 107 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HDR2012000150090927951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week Ending State :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 19 : Aug 26 : Sep 2 : Sep 9 : Sep 16 : Sep 23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 : AL : 17,903 17,637 17,257 17,622 17,355 17,326 AR : 23,626 22,123 22,444 22,325 22,686 23,018 DE : 5,719 5,277 5,073 5,908 4,753 4,984 FL : 2,776 *2,585 *2,619 2,663 2,717 2,560 GA : 21,650 21,430 *21,192 21,285 *21,577 21,594 MD : 5,892 5,972 6,196 5,494 *6,453 5,903 MS : 12,580 12,224 12,910 12,833 12,761 12,734 NC : 13,346 13,944 14,395 13,907 *13,564 13,976 PA : 2,488 2,460 2,454 *2,389 2,243 2,306 SC : 3,424 3,682 2,849 3,641 3,144 3,199 TX : 8,045 8,133 8,116 8,113 *8,035 8,219 VA : 5,299 5,003 5,206 4,954 5,326 5,211 CA, TN, & WV : 8,996 9,112 8,793 9,172 8,152 8,303 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1995 Total : 131,744 *129,582 *129,504 *130,306 *128,766 129,333 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1994 Total : 129,231 129,482 127,951 128,623 128,435 126,428 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ % of Prev Yr : 102 100 101 101 100 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Revised 2