HDR1012000150090117961500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090117961500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released January 17, 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 167 million eggs during the week ending January 13, 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 135 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 13, 1996. Placements were up 4 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 29, 1995, through January 13, 1996, were 1.44 billion, 3 percent above the 1.39 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on January 24, 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) HDR2012000150090117961500BROILER HATCHERY TABLES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 9 : Dec 16 : Dec 23 : Dec 30 : Jan 6 : Jan 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,674 24,063 24,158 23,820 24,214 24,302 AR : *29,503 *29,845 *29,789 *30,047 29,772 29,912 DE : 4,024 4,651 4,656 4,445 *4,372 4,419 FL : 2,866 3,003 2,977 2,935 2,873 2,888 GA : 28,341 28,964 *28,687 28,737 *28,906 28,910 MD : 8,664 8,718 8,740 8,734 *8,764 8,682 MS : 15,552 15,423 15,142 15,347 15,639 15,378 NC : 17,413 *18,293 17,465 17,936 18,420 17,656 PA : 3,492 3,182 3,095 *3,096 3,417 3,311 SC : 4,327 4,374 4,364 4,366 4,337 4,307 TX : 11,423 11,649 11,659 11,396 11,350 11,334 VA : 6,497 6,431 6,414 6,432 *6,399 6,420 CA, TN, & WV : 8,422 9,359 *9,193 *9,026 9,776 9,294 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*165,198 *167,955 *166,339 *166,317 *168,239 166,813 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 159,861 159,833 159,686 161,051 161,853 160,672 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 105 104 103 104 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 9 : Dec 16 : Dec 23 : Dec 30 : Jan 6 : Jan 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,108 18,249 18,205 17,990 17,251 17,462 AR : *22,951 *23,106 *21,624 *23,382 23,342 23,820 DE : 6,074 4,853 5,710 4,932 *5,144 5,325 FL : 2,716 2,606 2,621 2,668 2,628 2,633 GA : 23,018 23,583 23,169 *23,399 *23,615 23,374 MD : 5,362 6,378 5,631 6,223 *6,404 6,298 MS : 13,320 13,285 13,117 13,189 13,618 13,130 NC : 14,097 13,618 14,144 13,208 14,862 13,652 PA : 2,501 2,672 2,653 *2,467 2,384 2,400 SC : 3,344 3,928 3,867 3,331 3,769 3,606 TX : 8,680 8,621 8,701 8,581 8,733 8,645 VA : 5,400 5,520 *5,404 5,117 *5,127 5,348 CA, TN, & WV : 9,514 8,776 *9,409 *8,063 *9,113 8,861 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*134,085 *135,195 *134,255 *132,550 *135,990 134,554 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 129,542 130,998 130,720 131,166 130,282 129,784 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 104 103 103 101 104 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Previous year except January. 2