HDR1012000150090103961500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090103961500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released January 3, 1996, 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 166 million eggs during the week ending December 30, 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 82 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler Chicks Placed Up 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 133 million chicks for meat production during the week ending December 30, 1995. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 29, 1995, through December 30, 1995, were 1.17 billion, 3 percent above the 1.13 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on January 10, 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 (1-96) HDR2012000150090103961500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 25 : Dec 2 : Dec 9 : Dec 16 : Dec 23 : Dec 30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,672 24,695 24,674 24,063 24,158 23,827 AR : 30,111 29,993 29,683 29,769 29,840 29,862 DE : 4,634 4,678 4,024 4,651 *4,656 4,445 FL : 3,045 2,861 2,866 3,003 2,977 2,935 GA : 28,990 29,123 28,341 29,077 *28,337 28,739 MD : 8,644 8,748 8,664 8,718 *8,740 8,734 MS : 15,516 15,553 15,552 15,423 15,142 15,347 NC : 18,228 18,449 17,413 17,968 17,465 17,936 PA : 3,476 3,485 3,492 3,182 3,095 3,271 SC : 4,378 4,355 4,327 4,374 4,364 4,366 TX : 11,631 11,739 11,423 11,649 *11,659 11,396 VA : 6,602 6,559 6,497 6,431 6,414 6,416 CA, TN, & WV : 9,428 9,749 8,422 9,384 9,566 8,976 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 169,355 169,987 165,378 167,692 *166,413 166,250 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 161,085 161,332 159,861 159,833 159,686 161,051 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 105 105 103 105 104 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150090103961500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 25 : Dec 2 : Dec 9 : Dec 16 : Dec 23 : Dec 30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 16,156 17,704 17,108 18,249 *18,205 17,989 AR : 21,442 24,312 22,931 23,066 21,620 23,442 DE : 5,124 5,133 6,074 4,853 *5,710 4,932 FL : 2,219 2,754 2,716 2,606 2,621 2,668 GA : 21,458 23,231 23,018 23,583 *23,169 23,158 MD : 5,631 6,022 5,362 6,378 *5,631 6,223 MS : 11,923 13,206 13,320 13,285 13,117 13,189 NC : 13,931 13,442 14,097 13,618 14,144 13,208 PA : 2,494 2,605 2,501 2,672 2,653 2,610 SC : 2,952 3,353 3,344 3,928 3,867 3,331 TX : 8,354 8,514 8,682 8,623 *8,703 8,583 VA : 4,844 5,434 5,400 5,520 5,437 5,126 CA, TN, & WV : 9,381 9,477 9,514 8,776 9,429 8,066 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 125,909 135,187 134,067 135,157 *134,306 132,525 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 123,291 129,461 129,542 130,998 130,720 131,166 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 104 103 103 103 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2