HDR1012000150091025951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150091025951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released October 25, 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 154 million eggs during the week ending October 21, 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 3 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 131 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 21, 1995. Placements were up 3 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through October 21, 1995, were 6.67 billion, 4 percent above the 6.40 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on November 1, 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) HDR2012000150091025951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 16 : Sep 23 : Sep 30 : Oct 7 : Oct 14 : Oct 21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,262 22,095 *24,114 23,340 23,353 22,832 AR : 28,144 27,940 29,552 28,867 28,853 27,888 DE : 4,232 4,538 4,515 4,155 4,023 3,967 FL : 2,823 2,929 2,947 2,727 2,851 2,890 GA : 27,395 26,415 28,213 28,102 *27,061 26,077 MD : 8,303 8,518 8,545 8,653 8,534 7,869 MS : 13,913 13,664 *14,911 15,162 14,566 14,286 NC : 15,641 *17,111 *17,119 *17,093 *16,374 15,682 PA : 3,166 3,183 3,224 *3,163 *3,473 3,081 SC : 4,354 4,152 4,307 4,368 *4,291 4,387 TX : 10,496 10,122 11,568 *11,324 10,688 9,499 VA : 5,981 6,169 6,249 6,493 6,207 5,792 CA, TN, & WV : 7,976 8,590 9,613 9,002 8,258 9,383 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 156,686 *155,426 *164,877 *162,449 *158,532 153,633 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 146,751 145,038 157,323 157,301 149,865 144,896 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 107 107 105 103 106 106 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150091025951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 16 : Sep 23 : Sep 30 : Oct 7 : Oct 14 : Oct 21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,355 17,326 *17,012 *17,227 *15,981 17,622 AR : 22,686 23,018 21,687 22,131 20,914 22,423 DE : 4,753 4,984 5,851 4,988 5,252 5,035 FL : 2,717 2,650 2,538 2,294 2,771 2,583 GA : 21,579 21,627 19,795 21,735 *21,123 22,539 MD : 6,453 5,903 4,976 5,709 5,776 6,214 MS : 12,761 12,734 12,637 12,032 11,943 12,547 NC : 13,564 13,985 13,173 *12,510 *13,323 13,334 PA : 2,197 2,362 2,378 *2,437 *2,370 2,499 SC : 3,144 3,199 3,445 3,418 *3,361 3,631 TX : 8,035 8,220 8,028 *7,671 7,420 8,346 VA : 5,326 4,971 5,080 4,727 5,029 4,920 CA, TN, & WV : 8,168 8,319 8,225 *8,000 *8,021 9,464 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 128,738 129,298 *124,825 *124,879 *123,284 131,157 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 128,435 126,428 121,485 117,266 117,079 127,030 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 102 103 106 105 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2