HDR1012000150090306961500BROILER HATCHERY Released March 6, 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 2 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 168 million eggs during the week ending March 2, 1996. This was up 2 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 133 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 2, 1996. Placements were up 3 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from October 29, 1995, through March 2, 1996, were 2.37 billion, 3 percent above the 2.30 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on March 13, 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 (3-96) Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jan 27 : Feb 3 : Feb 10 : Feb 17 : Feb 24 : Mar 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 23,758 23,736 22,924 24,189 24,324 24,039 AR : 30,622 30,378 30,297 30,076 29,751 30,139 DE : 4,262 4,664 4,621 4,617 4,622 4,590 FL : 2,909 2,928 2,898 2,903 2,907 2,869 GA : 28,524 28,487 28,456 29,063 *28,842 28,820 MD : 9,743 9,368 9,660 9,766 9,576 9,878 MS : 15,173 15,593 15,101 15,182 15,173 15,254 NC : 17,458 16,699 *17,580 18,210 17,856 17,446 PA : 2,902 2,846 3,078 *3,533 *3,278 3,273 SC : 4,325 4,364 4,377 4,383 4,373 4,355 TX : 11,007 *11,384 11,432 11,161 11,336 11,353 VA : 6,290 6,610 6,650 6,759 6,629 6,447 CA, TN, & WV : 8,260 9,059 10,048 9,057 9,718 9,583 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 165,233 *166,116 *167,122 *168,899 *168,385 168,046 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 160,462 155,687 158,918 162,677 163,588 164,502 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 107 105 104 103 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jan 27 : Feb 3 : Feb 10 : Feb 17 : Feb 24 : Mar 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,560 16,817 17,168 17,273 17,482 16,162 AR : 23,238 22,897 23,232 23,461 23,102 23,278 DE : 5,213 4,797 5,746 4,871 5,177 5,325 FL : 2,492 2,734 2,463 2,527 2,440 2,608 GA : 24,085 24,016 23,624 23,114 *23,154 23,001 MD : 6,149 7,232 6,358 6,596 6,666 6,682 MS : 13,324 13,239 12,883 12,513 13,130 12,879 NC : 14,239 13,549 14,016 13,506 13,479 13,694 PA : 2,595 2,457 2,592 *2,298 *2,292 2,371 SC : 3,198 3,598 3,496 3,479 3,399 3,180 TX : 8,508 8,706 8,299 8,321 8,329 8,452 VA : 4,928 5,029 5,087 5,582 5,080 5,621 CA, TN, & WV : 9,364 9,243 8,832 8,160 8,605 9,791 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 134,893 134,314 133,796 *131,701 *132,335 133,044 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 131,895 130,416 130,025 131,137 128,297 129,257 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 103 103 100 103 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2