HDR1012000150090710961500BROILER HATCHERY Released July 10, 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 161 million eggs during the week ending July 6, 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 Up 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 136 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 6, 1996. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through July 6, 1996, were 3.62 billion, 1 percent above the 3.59 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on July 17, 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 :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jun 1 : Jun 8 : Jun 15 : Jun 22 : Jun 29 : Jul 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,191 23,991 23,910 23,530 23,539 23,374 AR : 29,296 29,329 29,163 28,904 28,247 27,056 DE : 4,405 4,428 4,380 4,087 4,233 4,619 FL : 2,980 2,933 2,865 2,891 2,915 2,603 GA : 28,671 29,117 *29,091 28,020 *28,313 28,449 MD : 8,744 8,710 8,558 8,587 7,742 8,286 MS : 16,449 16,174 *16,018 *16,168 15,772 15,808 NC : 16,923 16,888 *17,765 18,105 15,882 16,822 PA : 3,562 3,384 3,695 3,641 *3,335 3,497 SC : 4,275 4,323 4,355 4,339 4,342 4,338 TX : 11,222 11,240 11,124 11,043 10,551 11,304 VA : 6,279 6,349 6,373 6,262 *6,182 6,194 CA, TN, & WV : 9,278 10,105 *9,838 *9,705 *8,656 8,700 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 166,275 166,971 *167,135 *165,282 *159,709 161,050 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 165,045 167,158 165,861 165,385 160,027 160,939 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 101 100 101 100 100 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jun 1 : Jun 8 : Jun 15 : Jun 22 : Jun 29 : Jul 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,418 17,069 17,679 17,592 17,406 17,566 AR : 22,609 23,885 22,524 23,117 22,907 23,623 DE : 5,393 5,154 6,002 5,344 4,878 5,459 FL : 2,304 2,680 2,611 2,720 2,520 2,424 GA : 23,348 23,613 23,368 23,434 *23,409 24,062 MD : 6,255 6,548 5,366 5,729 6,584 5,866 MS : 13,884 14,323 *14,148 *14,205 13,991 14,059 NC : 13,786 13,083 13,252 13,054 *13,402 14,195 PA : 2,570 2,517 2,426 2,577 *2,630 2,584 SC : 3,847 3,459 3,399 3,811 *3,856 3,621 TX : *8,509 *8,352 *8,464 *8,358 *8,324 8,409 VA : 4,969 5,330 5,239 5,340 *5,117 5,080 CA, TN, & WV : 9,762 9,727 8,896 *8,868 *9,840 9,073 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*134,654 *135,740 *133,374 *134,149 *134,864 136,021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 134,367 135,665 135,564 134,667 135,618 134,419 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 100 98 100 99 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised