HDR1012000150090313961500BROILER HATCHERY WEEKLY BROILERS Released March 13, 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 1 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 167 million eggs during the week ending March 9, 1996. This was up 1 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 135 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 9, 1996. Placements were up 3 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from October 29, 1995, through March 9, 1996, were 2.51 billion, 3 percent above the 2.44 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on March 20, 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 :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Feb 3 : Feb 10 : Feb 17 : Feb 24 : Mar 2 : Mar 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 23,736 22,924 *24,179 24,324 24,039 23,528 AR : 30,378 30,297 30,076 29,751 30,139 29,479 DE : 4,664 4,621 4,617 4,622 4,590 4,600 FL : 2,928 2,898 2,903 2,907 2,869 2,879 GA : 28,487 28,456 29,063 28,842 *28,807 29,008 MD : 9,368 9,660 9,766 9,576 9,878 9,777 MS : 15,593 15,101 15,182 15,173 15,254 15,316 NC : 16,699 17,580 *18,008 17,856 17,446 17,765 PA : 2,846 3,078 3,533 3,278 3,273 3,272 SC : 4,364 4,377 4,383 4,373 4,355 4,360 TX : 11,384 11,432 11,161 *11,364 *11,346 11,243 VA : 6,610 6,650 6,759 6,629 6,447 6,317 CA, TN, & WV : 9,059 10,048 9,057 9,718 9,583 9,668 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 166,116 167,122 *168,687 *168,413 *168,026 167,212 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 155,687 158,918 162,677 163,588 164,502 164,908 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 107 105 104 103 102 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Feb 3 : Feb 10 : Feb 17 : Feb 24 : Mar 2 : Mar 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 16,817 17,168 17,273 17,482 *16,349 17,109 AR : 22,897 23,232 23,461 23,102 23,278 23,592 DE : 4,797 5,746 4,871 5,177 5,325 5,057 FL : 2,734 2,463 2,527 2,440 2,608 2,445 GA : 24,016 23,624 23,114 23,154 *22,425 23,375 MD : 7,232 6,358 6,596 *6,665 *6,712 7,333 MS : 13,239 12,883 12,513 13,130 12,879 13,293 NC : 13,549 14,016 13,506 13,479 13,694 13,576 PA : 2,457 2,592 2,298 2,292 2,371 2,555 SC : 3,598 3,496 3,479 3,399 3,180 3,830 TX : *8,711 *8,304 *8,325 *8,343 8,452 8,381 VA : 5,029 5,087 5,582 5,080 5,621 5,197 CA, TN, & WV : 9,243 8,832 8,160 8,605 *9,498 8,967 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*134,319 *133,801 *131,705 *132,348 *132,392 134,710 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 130,416 130,025 131,137 128,297 129,257 131,414 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 103 100 103 102 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised