HDR1012000150091011951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150091011951500BROILER EGGS SET & CHICKS PLACED Weekly Broilers Released October 11, 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 3 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 162 million eggs during the week ending October 7, 1995. This was up 3 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 7 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 125 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 7, 1995. Placements were up 7 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through October 7, 1995, were 6.41 billion, 4 percent above the 6.16 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on October 18, 1995. Subscription Information To subscribe to NASS reports or to order single copies, call toll free, 1-800-999-6779 (weekdays 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. ET). You may write: ERS/NASS, 341 Victory Drive, Herndon VA 22070. Pou 2-2 (10-95) Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 2 : Sep 9 : Sep 16 : Sep 23 : Sep 30 : Oct 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,501 23,960 *24,262 22,564 24,061 23,340 AR : 29,241 28,552 28,144 27,940 29,552 28,867 DE : 4,231 4,339 4,232 4,538 4,515 4,155 FL : 2,802 2,871 2,823 2,929 2,947 2,727 GA : 26,740 *24,586 *27,395 26,096 *28,213 28,166 MD : 8,500 8,591 8,303 8,518 8,545 8,653 MS : 14,903 14,937 13,913 13,664 14,605 15,162 NC : 17,391 16,681 15,641 17,068 17,108 17,290 PA : 2,954 3,044 3,166 3,183 *3,224 3,057 SC : 4,352 4,352 4,354 4,152 4,307 4,368 TX : 11,265 11,040 10,496 10,122 11,568 11,325 VA : 6,177 6,330 5,981 6,169 6,249 6,493 CA, TN, & WV : 8,824 8,322 7,976 8,590 *9,613 8,516 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 161,881 *157,605 *156,686 155,533 *164,507 162,119 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 158,751 151,563 146,751 145,038 157,323 157,301 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 104 107 107 105 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 2 : Sep 9 : Sep 16 : Sep 23 : Sep 30 : Oct 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,257 17,622 17,355 17,326 17,010 17,610 AR : 22,444 22,325 22,686 23,018 21,687 22,131 DE : 5,073 5,908 4,753 4,984 5,851 4,988 FL : 2,619 2,663 2,717 2,650 2,538 2,294 GA : 21,192 21,257 *21,579 21,627 *19,795 21,727 MD : 6,196 5,494 6,453 5,903 4,976 5,709 MS : 12,910 12,833 12,761 12,734 12,637 12,032 NC : 14,395 13,944 13,564 *13,985 *13,173 12,499 PA : 2,454 2,389 2,197 2,362 2,378 2,476 SC : 2,849 3,641 3,144 3,199 *3,445 3,418 TX : 8,116 8,113 8,035 8,219 8,027 7,676 VA : 5,206 4,954 5,326 4,971 5,080 4,727 CA, TN, & WV : 8,793 9,168 8,152 8,303 8,209 7,998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 129,504 130,311 *128,722 *129,281 *124,806 125,285 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 127,951 128,623 128,435 126,428 121,485 117,266 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 101 101 100 102 103 107 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised