HDR1012000150090111961500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090111961500BROILER EGGS SET & CHICKS PLACED WEEKLY BROILERS Released January 11, 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 4 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 168 million eggs during the week ending January 6, 1996. This was up 4 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 136 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 6, 1996. Placements were up 4 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from October 29, 1995, through January 6, 1996, were 1.30 billion, 3 percent above the 1.26 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on January 17, 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) Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week Ending 1/ State :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 2 : Dec 9 : Dec 16 : Dec 23 : Dec 30 : Jan 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 : AL : 24,695 24,674 24,063 24,158 *23,820 24,214 AR : 29,993 29,683 29,769 29,840 29,862 29,772 DE : 4,678 4,024 4,651 4,656 4,445 4,430 FL : 2,861 2,866 3,003 2,977 2,935 2,873 GA : 29,123 28,341 *28,964 28,337 *28,737 28,903 MD : 8,748 8,664 8,718 8,740 8,734 8,757 MS : 15,553 15,552 15,423 15,142 15,347 15,639 NC : 18,449 17,413 17,968 17,465 17,936 18,420 PA : 3,485 3,492 3,182 3,095 3,271 3,417 SC : 4,355 4,327 4,374 4,364 4,366 4,337 TX : 11,739 11,423 11,649 11,659 11,396 11,350 VA : 6,559 6,497 6,431 6,414 *6,432 6,413 CA, TN, & WV : 9,749 8,422 *9,359 *9,219 *9,052 9,776 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1996 Total : 169,987 165,378 *167,554 *166,066 *166,333 168,301 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1995 Total : 161,332 159,861 159,833 159,686 161,051 161,853 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ % of Prev Yr : 105 103 105 104 103 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week Ending 1/ State :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 2 : Dec 9 : Dec 16 : Dec 23 : Dec 30 : Jan 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 : AL : 17,704 17,108 18,249 18,205 *17,990 17,251 AR : 24,312 22,931 23,066 21,620 23,442 23,342 DE : 5,133 6,074 4,853 5,710 4,932 5,148 FL : 2,754 2,716 2,606 2,621 2,668 2,628 GA : 23,231 23,018 23,583 23,169 *23,186 23,666 MD : 6,022 5,362 6,378 5,631 6,223 6,510 MS : 13,206 13,320 13,285 13,117 13,189 13,618 NC : 13,442 14,097 13,618 14,144 13,208 14,862 PA : 2,605 2,501 2,672 2,653 2,610 2,384 SC : 3,353 3,344 3,928 3,867 3,331 3,769 TX : *8,512 *8,680 *8,621 *8,701 *8,581 8,733 VA : 5,434 5,400 5,520 5,437 *5,117 5,036 CA, TN, & WV : 9,477 9,514 8,776 *9,410 *8,065 9,144 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1996 Total :*135,185 *134,065 *135,155 *134,285 *132,542 136,091 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1995 Total : 129,461 129,542 130,998 130,720 131,166 130,282 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ % of Prev Yr : 104 103 103 103 101 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Revised. 1/ Previous year except January.