HDR1012000150091018951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150091018951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released October 18, 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 159 million eggs during the week ending October 14, 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 82 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler Chicks Placed Up 5 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 123 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 14, 1995. Placements were up 5 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through October 14, 1995, were 6.54 billion, 4 percent above the 6.27 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on October 25, 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) HDR2012000150091018951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 9 : Sep 16 : Sep 23 : Sep 30 : Oct 7 : Oct 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 23,960 24,262 *22,095 24,061 23,340 23,353 AR : 28,552 28,144 27,940 29,552 28,867 28,853 DE : 4,339 4,232 4,538 4,515 4,155 4,023 FL : 2,871 2,823 2,929 2,947 2,727 2,851 GA : 24,586 27,395 *26,415 28,213 *28,102 27,202 MD : 8,591 8,303 8,518 8,545 8,653 8,534 MS : 14,937 13,913 13,664 14,605 15,162 14,566 NC : 16,681 15,641 17,068 17,108 17,290 16,646 PA : 3,044 3,166 3,183 3,224 3,057 3,360 SC : 4,352 4,354 4,152 4,307 4,368 4,397 TX : 11,040 10,496 10,122 11,568 *10,913 10,688 VA : 6,330 5,981 6,169 6,249 6,493 6,207 CA, TN, & WV : 8,322 7,976 8,590 9,613 *9,002 8,258 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 157,605 156,686 *155,383 164,507 *162,129 158,938 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 151,563 146,751 145,038 157,323 157,301 149,865 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 104 107 107 105 103 106 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150091018951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 9 : Sep 16 : Sep 23 : Sep 30 : Oct 7 : Oct 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,622 17,355 17,326 17,010 *17,226 15,979 AR : 22,325 22,686 23,018 21,687 22,131 20,914 DE : 5,908 4,753 4,984 5,851 4,988 5,252 FL : 2,663 2,717 2,650 2,538 2,294 2,771 GA : 21,257 21,579 21,627 19,795 *21,735 21,340 MD : 5,494 6,453 5,903 4,976 5,709 5,776 MS : 12,833 12,761 12,734 12,637 12,032 11,943 NC : 13,944 13,564 13,985 13,173 12,499 13,295 PA : 2,389 2,197 2,362 2,378 2,476 2,378 SC : 3,641 3,144 3,199 3,445 3,418 3,236 TX : 8,113 8,035 *8,220 *8,028 *7,510 7,420 VA : 4,954 5,326 4,971 5,080 4,727 5,029 CA, TN, & WV : *9,184 *8,168 *8,319 *8,225 7,998 8,018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total :*130,327 *128,738 *129,298 *124,823 *124,743 123,351 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 128,623 128,435 126,428 121,485 117,266 117,079 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 101 100 102 103 106 105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2