HDR1012000150090131961500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090131961500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released January 31, 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@NASS.USDA.GOV. Broiler Eggs Set In 15 Selected States Up 3 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 165 million eggs during the week ending January 27, 1996. 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 2 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 135 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 27, 1996. Placements were up 2 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from October 29, 1995, through January 27, 1996, were 1.71 billion, 3 percent above the 1.65 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on February 7, 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) HDR2012000150090131961500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 23 : Dec 30 : Jan 6 : Jan 13 : Jan 20 : Jan 27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,158 23,920 24,214 24,302 *23,931 23,755 AR : 29,789 *30,062 *29,738 *29,895 *30,112 30,130 DE : 4,656 4,445 4,372 4,426 4,556 4,262 FL : 2,977 2,935 2,873 2,888 2,904 2,909 GA : 28,687 *28,974 *28,945 *28,931 *28,910 28,396 MD : 8,740 8,734 8,764 9,407 9,592 9,652 MS : 15,142 *15,379 15,639 15,378 15,468 15,173 NC : 17,749 *18,001 *18,508 17,656 *18,015 17,458 PA : 3,095 3,096 3,249 3,037 *3,227 3,006 SC : 4,364 4,366 4,337 4,307 4,335 4,325 TX : 11,659 11,396 *11,461 *11,322 *11,366 11,007 VA : 6,414 6,432 6,399 *6,401 6,507 6,290 CA, TN, & WV : 9,192 9,022 9,754 9,262 9,167 8,258 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 166,622 *166,762 *168,253 *167,212 *168,090 164,621 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 159,686 161,051 161,853 160,672 160,593 160,462 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 104 104 104 104 105 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150090131961500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 23 : Dec 30 : Jan 6 : Jan 13 : Jan 20 : Jan 27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,205 17,990 17,251 17,462 *16,870 17,560 AR : 21,624 23,382 *23,357 *23,814 *24,705 23,253 DE : 5,710 4,932 5,144 5,386 5,804 5,213 FL : 2,621 2,668 2,628 2,633 2,871 2,492 GA : 23,169 23,399 *23,696 *23,684 *23,650 24,136 MD : 5,631 6,223 6,404 6,379 5,534 6,149 MS : 13,117 13,189 13,618 *13,173 13,163 13,374 NC : 14,025 13,125 14,056 13,624 *13,646 14,239 PA : *2,616 2,467 *2,331 *2,403 *2,424 2,560 SC : 3,867 3,331 3,769 3,274 3,818 3,198 TX : 8,701 8,581 8,733 8,645 8,583 8,508 VA : 5,404 5,117 5,127 *5,292 5,123 4,928 CA, TN, & WV : 9,414 8,065 9,118 8,867 9,114 9,364 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*134,104 132,469 *135,232 *134,636 *135,305 134,974 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 130,720 131,166 130,282 129,784 130,176 131,895 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 101 104 104 104 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Previous year except January. 2