HDR1012000150091101951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150091101951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released November 1, 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 153 million eggs during the week ending October 28, 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 83 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler Chicks Placed Up 4 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 132 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 28, 1995. Placements were up 4 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through October 28, 1995, were 6.80 billion, 4 percent above the 6.53 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on November 8, 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 (11-95) HDR2012000150091101951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 23 : Sep 30 : Oct 7 : Oct 14 : Oct 21 : Oct 28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 22,095 24,114 *23,487 23,353 22,832 22,209 AR : 27,940 *29,620 *28,882 *28,875 *28,024 26,465 DE : 4,538 4,515 4,155 4,023 *3,975 4,127 FL : 2,929 2,947 *2,807 2,851 2,890 2,737 GA : 26,415 28,213 28,102 27,061 *26,154 25,950 MD : 8,518 8,545 8,653 8,534 *7,864 8,353 MS : 13,664 14,911 15,162 14,566 14,286 13,628 NC : 17,111 17,119 17,093 16,374 15,682 16,651 PA : 3,183 3,224 3,163 3,473 3,081 3,018 SC : 4,152 4,307 4,368 4,291 4,387 4,033 TX : 10,122 11,568 *11,349 10,688 9,499 9,906 VA : 6,169 *6,400 6,493 6,207 5,792 6,110 CA, TN, & WV : 8,590 9,613 9,002 8,258 9,383 9,351 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 155,426 *165,096 *162,716 *158,554 *153,849 152,538 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 145,038 157,323 157,301 149,865 144,896 147,674 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 107 105 103 106 106 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150091101951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 23 : Sep 30 : Oct 7 : Oct 14 : Oct 21 : Oct 28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,326 17,012 17,227 15,981 *17,264 16,866 AR : 23,018 *21,699 *22,129 *20,938 *22,474 23,641 DE : 4,984 5,851 4,988 5,252 *4,802 5,298 FL : 2,650 2,538 2,294 2,771 2,583 2,795 GA : 21,627 19,795 21,735 21,123 *22,714 22,668 MD : 5,903 4,976 5,709 5,776 *6,473 5,675 MS : 12,734 12,637 12,032 11,943 12,547 12,481 NC : 13,985 13,173 12,510 13,323 13,334 13,583 PA : 2,362 2,378 2,437 2,370 2,499 2,399 SC : 3,199 3,445 3,418 3,361 3,631 3,356 TX : 8,220 8,028 7,671 7,420 8,346 8,416 VA : 4,971 5,080 4,727 5,029 4,920 5,486 CA, TN, & WV : 8,319 8,225 8,000 8,021 *9,467 8,866 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 129,298 *124,837 *124,877 *123,308 *131,054 131,530 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 126,428 121,485 117,266 117,079 127,030 126,835 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 103 106 105 103 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2