HDR1012000150090703961500BROILER HATCHERY Released July 3, 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 160 million eggs during the week ending June 29, 1996. This was up 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 135 million chicks for meat production during the week ending June 29, 1996. Placements were down 1 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through June 29, 1996, were 3.48 billion, 1 percent above the 3.46 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on July 10,1996. 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 25 : Jun 1 : Jun 8 : Jun 15 : Jun 22 : Jun 29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 23,988 24,191 23,991 23,910 23,530 23,539 AR : 29,328 29,296 29,329 29,163 28,904 28,247 DE : 4,380 4,405 4,428 4,380 4,087 4,233 FL : 2,906 2,980 2,933 2,865 2,891 2,915 GA : 28,358 28,671 *29,117 29,534 *28,020 28,336 MD : 8,783 8,744 8,710 8,558 8,587 7,742 MS : 16,478 16,449 16,174 15,924 16,059 15,772 NC : 16,594 16,923 *16,888 17,763 18,105 15,882 PA : 3,331 3,562 3,384 3,695 3,641 3,339 SC : 4,225 4,275 4,323 4,355 4,339 4,342 TX : 11,577 11,222 11,240 11,124 11,043 10,551 VA : 6,289 6,279 6,349 6,373 6,262 6,143 CA, TN, & WV : 9,632 9,278 10,105 9,837 *9,704 9,412 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 165,869 166,275 *166,971 167,481 *165,172 160,453 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 165,545 165,045 167,158 165,861 165,385 160,027 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 101 100 101 100 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : May 25 : Jun 1 : Jun 8 : Jun 15 : Jun 22 : Jun 29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 16,616 17,418 17,069 17,679 17,592 17,406 AR : 21,298 22,609 23,885 22,524 23,117 22,907 DE : 5,121 5,393 5,154 6,002 5,344 4,878 FL : 2,840 2,304 2,680 2,611 2,720 2,520 GA : 23,524 23,348 23,613 23,368 *23,434 23,377 MD : 6,076 6,255 6,548 5,366 5,729 6,584 MS : 13,831 13,884 14,323 14,210 14,246 13,991 NC : 13,561 13,786 13,083 13,252 13,054 13,234 PA : 2,538 2,570 2,517 2,426 2,577 2,644 SC : 3,391 3,847 3,459 3,399 3,811 4,022 TX : 8,804 8,519 8,362 8,475 8,368 8,335 VA : 5,202 4,969 5,330 5,239 5,340 5,146 CA, TN, & WV : 9,224 9,762 9,727 8,896 *8,873 9,850 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 132,026 134,664 135,750 133,447 *134,205 134,894 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 134,872 134,367 135,665 135,564 134,667 135,618 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 98 100 100 98 100 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised