HDR1012000150090529961500BROILER HATCHERY Released May 29, 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 Slightly Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 166 million eggs during the week ending May 25, 1996. This was up slightly 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 Down 2 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 132 million chicks for meat production during the week ending May 25, 1996. Placements were down 2 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through May 25, 1996, were 2.81 billion, 1 percent above the 2.78 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on June 5, 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. Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Apr 20 : Apr 27 : May 4 : May 11 : May 18 : May 25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 23,613 23,751 23,497 24,399 24,012 23,988 AR : 29,031 28,679 27,575 28,890 28,717 28,977 DE : 4,311 4,160 4,388 4,351 4,395 4,380 FL : 2,626 2,689 2,826 2,730 2,920 2,906 GA : 28,566 28,833 28,904 29,167 *28,742 28,831 MD : 8,716 8,518 8,464 8,915 8,841 8,783 MS : 15,792 15,995 16,193 16,267 16,299 16,478 NC : 17,972 17,363 17,103 17,763 17,702 16,594 PA : *3,499 *3,383 *3,502 *3,396 *3,317 3,259 SC : 4,271 4,211 4,274 4,277 4,267 4,225 TX : 11,225 11,763 11,557 11,558 11,489 11,577 VA : 6,327 6,139 6,274 6,248 6,315 6,259 CA, TN, & WV : 9,975 9,388 9,647 *9,948 10,014 9,946 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*165,924 *164,872 *164,204 *167,909 *167,030 166,203 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 165,507 164,315 165,324 165,032 166,581 165,545 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 100 99 102 100 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Apr 20 : Apr 27 : May 4 : May 11 : May 18 : May 25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 16,378 16,955 16,964 17,069 16,975 16,616 AR : 21,136 22,188 22,704 23,579 22,751 20,983 DE : 5,430 4,654 4,967 5,178 5,905 5,121 FL : 2,510 2,688 2,574 2,588 2,732 2,840 GA : 22,863 23,433 23,601 23,451 *23,609 23,987 MD : 5,419 6,699 6,193 6,117 5,114 6,076 MS : 14,021 14,095 14,087 13,978 14,139 13,831 NC : 13,760 14,013 14,464 13,989 13,821 13,561 PA : *2,487 *2,526 *2,572 *2,524 *2,576 2,550 SC : 3,851 3,333 3,576 3,755 3,175 3,503 TX : 8,204 8,642 8,606 8,727 8,800 8,799 VA : 5,505 5,284 4,986 5,124 5,008 5,202 CA, TN, & WV : 8,854 9,323 9,892 *9,244 9,349 9,206 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*130,418 *133,833 *135,186 *135,323 *133,954 132,275 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 133,791 135,866 135,124 134,601 133,500 134,872 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 97 99 100 101 100 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised