HDR1012000150090619961500BROILER HATCHERY Released June 19, 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 168 million eggs during the week ending June 15, 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 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 133 million chicks for meat production during the week ending June 15, 1996. Placements were down 2 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through June 15, 1996, were 3.21 billion, 1 percent above the 3.19 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on June 26, 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 :--------------------------------------------------------------- : May 11 : May 18 : May 25 : Jun 1 : Jun 8 : Jun 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,399 24,012 23,988 24,191 23,991 23,910 AR : 28,890 28,717 29,306 29,295 29,228 29,163 DE : 4,351 4,395 4,380 4,405 4,428 4,380 FL : 2,710 2,920 2,906 2,800 2,933 2,865 GA : 28,672 28,260 28,358 *28,293 *28,428 29,567 MD : 8,915 8,841 8,783 8,744 8,710 8,558 MS : 16,267 16,299 16,478 16,449 16,174 15,924 NC : 17,693 17,557 16,594 16,923 16,860 17,763 PA : 3,396 3,317 3,331 3,485 3,384 3,685 SC : 4,277 4,267 4,225 4,275 4,323 4,355 TX : 11,558 11,489 11,577 11,222 *11,240 11,124 VA : 6,248 6,315 *6,289 6,279 6,349 6,373 CA, TN, & WV : 9,942 10,016 9,632 9,278 10,105 9,837 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 167,318 166,405 *165,847 *165,639 *166,153 167,504 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 165,032 166,581 165,545 165,045 167,158 165,861 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 101 100 100 100 99 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : May 11 : May 18 : May 25 : Jun 1 : Jun 8 : Jun 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,069 16,975 16,616 17,418 17,069 17,679 AR : 23,579 22,751 21,379 *22,607 23,812 22,524 DE : 5,178 5,905 5,121 5,393 5,154 6,002 FL : 2,588 2,732 2,840 2,304 2,680 2,611 GA : 23,267 23,427 23,524 *23,348 *23,613 23,357 MD : 6,117 5,114 6,076 6,255 6,548 5,366 MS : 13,978 14,139 13,831 13,884 14,323 14,210 NC : 13,989 13,821 13,561 13,786 13,083 13,252 PA : 2,524 2,576 2,538 2,588 2,517 2,433 SC : 3,755 3,175 3,391 3,847 *3,459 3,399 TX : 8,732 8,805 8,804 8,519 *8,362 8,475 VA : 5,124 5,008 5,202 4,969 5,330 5,239 CA, TN, & WV : *9,283 *9,393 *9,224 *9,763 *9,728 8,897 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*135,183 *133,821 *132,107 *134,681 *135,678 133,444 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 134,601 133,500 134,872 134,367 135,665 135,564 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 100 98 100 100 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised