HDR1012000150091227951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150091227951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released December 27, 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 4 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 166 million eggs during the week ending December 23, 1995. This was up 4 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 134 million chicks for meat production during the week ending December 23, 1995. Placements were up 3 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 29, 1995, through December 23, 1995, were 1,036 million, 4 percent above the 1,001 million placed during the same period a year earlier. The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on January 3, 1996. 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) HDR2012000150091227951500BROILER EGGS SET Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 18 : Nov 25 : Dec 2 : Dec 9 : Dec 16 : Dec 23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,164 24,672 *24,695 24,674 24,063 24,158 AR : 29,462 30,111 29,993 29,683 29,769 29,840 DE : 4,484 4,634 4,678 4,024 4,651 4,622 FL : 2,956 3,045 2,861 2,866 3,003 2,977 GA : 28,279 28,990 *29,123 *28,341 *29,077 28,333 MD : 8,721 8,644 8,748 8,664 8,718 8,713 MS : 15,093 15,516 15,553 15,552 15,423 15,142 NC : 17,859 18,228 18,449 17,413 17,968 17,465 PA : 3,399 3,476 3,485 3,492 3,182 3,095 SC : 4,305 4,378 4,355 4,327 4,374 4,364 TX : 11,814 11,631 11,739 11,423 11,649 11,209 VA : 6,580 6,602 6,559 6,497 *6,431 6,414 CA, TN, & WV : 9,616 9,428 9,749 8,422 9,384 9,566 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 166,732 169,355 *169,987 *165,378 *167,692 165,898 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 158,754 161,085 161,332 159,861 159,833 159,686 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 105 105 105 103 105 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150091227951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 18 : Nov 25 : Dec 2 : Dec 9 : Dec 16 : Dec 23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 15,713 16,156 17,704 17,108 18,249 18,169 AR : 20,106 21,442 24,312 22,931 23,066 21,620 DE : 4,931 5,124 5,133 6,074 4,853 5,524 FL : 2,377 2,219 2,754 2,716 2,606 2,621 GA : 21,113 21,458 23,231 *23,018 *23,583 23,153 MD : 5,992 5,631 6,022 5,362 6,378 5,833 MS : 12,084 11,923 13,206 13,320 13,285 13,117 NC : 12,838 13,931 13,442 14,097 13,618 14,144 PA : 2,287 2,494 2,605 2,501 2,672 2,653 SC : 3,277 2,952 3,353 3,344 3,928 3,867 TX : 7,032 8,354 8,514 8,682 8,623 8,689 VA : 5,125 4,844 5,434 5,400 5,520 5,437 CA, TN, & WV : 8,479 9,381 9,477 9,514 8,776 9,429 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 121,354 125,909 135,187 *134,067 *135,157 134,256 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 119,223 123,291 129,461 129,542 130,998 130,720 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 102 104 103 103 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised