HDR1012000150091004951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150091004951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released October 4, 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 164 million eggs during the week ending September 30, 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 3 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 125 million chicks for meat production during the week ending September 30, 1995. Placements were up 3 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through September 23, 1995, were 6.29 billion, 4 percent above the 6.04 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on October 11, 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 (10-95) HDR2012000150091004951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 26 : Sep 2 : Sep 9 : Sep 16 : Sep 23 : Sep 30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,338 24,501 23,960 24,382 22,564 24,061 AR : 29,735 29,241 *28,552 28,144 27,940 29,552 DE : 4,656 4,231 4,339 4,232 4,538 4,515 FL : 2,700 *2,802 *2,871 *2,823 *2,929 2,947 GA : 26,813 26,740 *24,547 27,384 *26,096 27,860 MD : 8,570 8,500 8,591 8,303 8,518 8,545 MS : 15,072 14,903 14,937 13,913 13,664 14,605 NC : 17,624 17,391 *16,681 15,641 17,068 17,108 PA : 3,100 2,954 3,044 *3,166 *3,183 3,081 SC : 4,354 4,352 4,352 4,354 4,152 4,307 TX : 11,024 11,265 11,040 10,496 10,122 11,568 VA : 6,403 6,177 6,330 5,981 6,169 6,249 CA, TN, & WV : 8,996 8,824 8,322 7,976 8,590 9,567 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 163,385 *161,881 *157,566 *156,795 *155,533 163,965 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 160,327 158,751 151,563 146,751 145,038 157,323 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 102 104 107 107 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150091004951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 26 : Sep 2 : Sep 9 : Sep 16 : Sep 23 : Sep 30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,637 17,257 17,622 17,355 17,326 17,010 AR : 22,123 22,444 22,325 22,686 23,018 21,687 DE : 5,277 5,073 5,908 4,753 4,984 5,851 FL : 2,585 2,619 2,663 2,717 *2,650 2,538 GA : 21,430 21,192 *21,257 21,577 *21,627 19,809 MD : 5,972 6,196 5,494 6,453 5,903 4,976 MS : 12,224 12,910 12,833 12,761 12,734 12,637 NC : 13,944 14,395 *13,944 13,564 *14,012 13,159 PA : 2,460 2,454 2,389 *2,197 *2,362 2,378 SC : 3,682 2,849 3,641 3,144 3,199 3,403 TX : 8,133 8,116 8,113 8,035 8,219 8,027 VA : 5,003 5,206 4,954 5,326 *4,971 5,080 CA, TN, & WV : 9,112 8,793 *9,168 8,152 8,303 8,209 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 129,582 129,504 *130,311 *128,720 *129,308 124,764 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 129,482 127,951 128,623 128,435 126,428 121,485 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 101 101 100 102 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2