HDR1012000150090626961500BROILER HATCHERY Released June 26, 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 Down Slightly Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 165 million eggs during the week ending June 22, 1996. This was down slighlty 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 Slightly Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 134 million chicks for meat production during the week ending June 22, 1996. Placements were down slightly from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through June 22, 1996, were 3.35 billion, 1 percent above the 3.32 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on July 3, 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 18 : May 25 : Jun 1 : Jun 8 : Jun 15 : Jun 22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,012 23,988 24,191 23,991 23,910 23,530 AR : *28,685 *29,328 *29,296 *29,329 29,163 28,904 DE : 4,395 4,380 4,405 4,428 4,380 4,087 FL : 2,920 2,906 *2,980 2,933 2,865 2,891 GA : 28,260 28,358 *28,671 *29,050 *29,534 28,193 MD : 8,841 8,783 8,744 8,710 8,558 8,587 MS : 16,299 16,478 16,449 16,174 15,924 16,059 NC : 17,557 16,594 16,923 16,860 17,763 18,105 PA : 3,317 3,331 *3,562 3,384 *3,695 3,641 SC : 4,267 4,225 4,275 4,323 4,355 4,339 TX : 11,489 11,577 11,222 11,240 11,124 11,043 VA : 6,315 6,289 6,279 6,349 6,373 6,262 CA, TN, & WV : 10,016 9,632 9,278 10,105 9,837 9,734 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*166,373 *165,869 *166,275 *166,876 *167,481 165,375 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 166,581 165,545 165,045 167,158 165,861 165,385 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 100 101 100 101 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : May 18 : May 25 : Jun 1 : Jun 8 : Jun 15 : Jun 22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 16,975 16,616 17,418 17,069 17,679 17,592 AR : 22,751 *21,298 *22,609 *23,885 22,524 23,117 DE : 5,905 5,121 5,393 5,154 6,002 5,344 FL : 2,732 2,840 2,304 2,680 2,611 2,720 GA : 23,427 23,524 23,348 23,613 *23,368 23,441 MD : 5,114 6,076 6,255 6,548 5,366 5,729 MS : 14,139 13,831 13,884 14,323 14,210 14,246 NC : 13,821 13,561 13,786 13,083 13,252 13,054 PA : 2,576 2,538 *2,570 2,517 *2,426 2,577 SC : 3,175 3,391 3,847 3,459 3,399 3,811 TX : 8,805 8,804 8,519 8,362 8,475 8,368 VA : 5,008 5,202 4,969 5,330 5,239 5,340 CA, TN, & WV : 9,393 9,224 *9,762 *9,727 *8,896 8,872 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 133,821 *132,026 *134,664 *135,750 *133,447 134,211 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 133,500 134,872 134,367 135,665 135,564 134,667 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 98 100 100 98 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised