HDR1012000150091213951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150091213951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released December 13, 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 165 million eggs during the week ending December 9, 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 3 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 134 million chicks for meat production during the week ending December 9, 1995. Placements were up 3 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 29, 1995, through December 9, 1995, were 767 million, 4 percent above the 739 million placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on December 20, 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 (12-95) HDR2012000150091213951500BROILER EGGS SET Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 4 : Nov 11 : Nov 18 : Nov 25 : Dec 2 : Dec 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 22,376 24,900 24,164 24,672 24,354 24,674 AR : 27,202 29,306 *29,462 29,691 29,993 29,683 DE : 4,017 4,370 4,484 4,634 *4,678 4,024 FL : *2,577 *2,853 *2,956 2,895 2,861 2,866 GA : 26,155 28,334 28,279 28,990 *29,089 28,310 MD : 8,340 8,670 8,721 8,644 8,670 8,664 MS : 13,565 15,129 15,093 15,516 15,553 15,552 NC : 18,071 17,621 17,859 18,228 18,449 17,413 PA : 3,293 3,426 3,399 *3,476 *3,485 3,492 SC : 4,110 4,389 4,305 4,378 4,355 4,327 TX : 11,293 11,433 *11,814 11,631 *11,739 11,423 VA : 5,983 6,551 6,580 6,602 6,559 6,497 CA, TN, & WV : 9,762 9,877 9,616 9,428 9,749 8,438 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total :*156,744 *166,859 *166,732 *168,785 *169,534 165,363 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 152,544 159,665 158,754 161,085 161,332 159,861 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 105 105 105 105 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150091213951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 4 : Nov 11 : Nov 18 : Nov 25 : Dec 2 : Dec 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,010 16,132 15,713 16,156 17,704 17,108 AR : 22,695 21,631 20,106 21,442 24,312 22,931 DE : 4,859 4,384 4,931 5,124 *5,017 6,074 FL : 2,420 2,799 2,377 2,219 2,754 2,716 GA : 21,881 20,690 21,113 21,458 *23,231 23,064 MD : 5,684 5,742 5,992 5,631 6,057 5,362 MS : 12,642 12,534 12,084 11,923 13,206 13,320 NC : 12,985 12,621 12,838 13,931 13,442 14,097 PA : 2,564 2,337 2,287 *2,494 *2,605 2,501 SC : 3,565 3,494 3,277 2,952 3,353 3,301 TX : *7,889 *6,953 *7,032 *8,354 *8,514 8,682 VA : 4,885 4,367 5,125 4,844 5,434 5,400 CA, TN, & WV : 8,421 9,082 8,479 9,381 9,478 9,512 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total :*127,500 *122,766 *121,354 *125,909 *135,107 134,068 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 120,670 117,246 119,223 123,291 129,461 129,542 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 106 105 102 102 104 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2