HDR1012000150091220951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150091220951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released December 20, 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 5 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 168 million eggs during the week ending December 16, 1995. This was up 5 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 135 million chicks for meat production during the week ending December 16, 1995. Placements were up 3 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 29, 1995, through December 16, 1995, were 902 million, 4 percent above the 870 million placed during the same period a year earlier. The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on December 27, 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) HDR2012000150091220951500BROILER EGGS SET Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 11 : Nov 18 : Nov 25 : Dec 2 : Dec 9 : Dec 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,900 24,164 24,672 24,354 24,674 24,063 AR : 29,306 29,462 *30,111 29,993 29,683 29,769 DE : 4,370 4,484 4,634 4,678 4,024 4,651 FL : 2,853 2,956 *3,045 2,861 2,866 3,003 GA : 28,334 28,279 28,990 29,089 *28,319 29,081 MD : 8,670 8,721 8,644 *8,748 8,664 8,718 MS : 15,129 15,093 15,516 15,553 15,552 15,423 NC : 17,621 17,859 18,228 18,449 17,413 17,968 PA : 3,426 3,399 3,476 3,485 3,492 3,182 SC : 4,389 4,305 4,378 4,355 4,327 4,374 TX : 11,433 11,814 11,631 11,739 11,423 11,649 VA : 6,551 6,580 6,602 6,559 6,497 6,495 CA, TN, & WV : 9,877 9,616 9,428 9,749 *8,422 9,384 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 166,859 166,732 *169,355 *169,612 *165,356 167,760 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 159,665 158,754 161,085 161,332 159,861 159,833 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 105 105 105 105 103 105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150091220951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 11 : Nov 18 : Nov 25 : Dec 2 : Dec 9 : Dec 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 16,132 15,713 16,156 17,704 17,108 18,249 AR : 21,631 20,106 21,442 24,312 22,931 23,066 DE : 4,384 4,931 5,124 *5,133 6,074 4,853 FL : 2,799 2,377 2,219 2,754 2,716 2,606 GA : 20,690 21,113 21,458 23,231 *23,013 23,922 MD : 5,742 5,992 5,631 *6,022 5,362 6,378 MS : 12,534 12,084 11,923 13,206 13,320 13,285 NC : 12,621 12,838 13,931 13,442 14,097 13,618 PA : 2,337 2,287 2,494 2,605 2,501 2,672 SC : 3,494 3,277 2,952 3,353 *3,344 3,928 TX : 6,953 7,032 8,354 8,514 8,682 8,623 VA : 4,367 5,125 4,844 5,434 5,400 5,520 CA, TN, & WV : 9,082 8,479 9,381 *9,477 *9,514 8,776 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 122,766 121,354 125,909 *135,187 *134,062 135,496 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 117,246 119,223 123,291 129,461 129,542 130,998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 105 102 102 104 103 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2