HDR1012000150090717961500BROILER HATCHERY Released July 17, 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 July 13, 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 Slightly Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 133 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 13, 1996. Placements were down slightly from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through July 13, 1996, were 3.75 billion, 1 percent above the 3.73 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on July 24, 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 8 : Jun 15 : Jun 22 : Jun 29 : Jul 6 : Jul 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 23,991 23,910 23,530 23,539 23,374 23,894 AR : 29,329 29,163 28,904 28,247 27,056 28,470 DE : 4,428 4,380 4,087 4,233 4,619 4,714 FL : 2,933 2,865 2,891 2,915 2,603 2,873 GA : 29,117 29,091 *28,220 28,313 *27,928 28,514 MD : 8,710 8,558 8,587 7,742 8,286 8,246 MS : 16,174 16,018 16,168 15,772 15,808 16,390 NC : 16,888 17,765 *18,119 15,882 16,822 17,529 PA : 3,384 3,695 3,641 3,335 3,497 3,371 SC : 4,323 4,355 4,339 4,342 4,338 4,338 TX : 11,240 *11,206 *11,142 10,551 *11,338 11,626 VA : 6,349 6,373 6,262 6,182 6,194 6,359 CA, TN, & WV : 10,105 9,838 9,705 8,656 8,700 9,753 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 166,971 *167,217 *165,595 159,709 *160,563 166,077 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 167,158 165,861 165,385 160,027 160,939 165,367 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 101 100 100 100 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jun 8 : Jun 15 : Jun 22 : Jun 29 : Jul 6 : Jul 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,069 17,679 17,592 17,406 17,566 16,729 AR : 23,885 22,524 23,117 22,907 23,623 22,699 DE : 5,154 6,002 5,344 4,878 5,459 5,369 FL : 2,680 2,611 2,720 2,520 2,424 2,598 GA : 23,613 23,368 23,434 23,409 *24,091 23,243 MD : 6,548 5,366 5,729 6,584 5,866 5,427 MS : 14,323 14,148 14,205 13,991 14,059 13,720 NC : 13,083 13,252 13,054 13,402 *14,243 14,315 PA : 2,517 2,426 2,577 2,630 2,584 2,638 SC : 3,459 3,399 3,811 3,856 *3,573 3,500 TX : 8,352 8,464 8,358 8,324 8,409 8,486 VA : 5,330 5,239 5,340 5,117 5,080 5,358 CA, TN, & WV : 9,727 8,896 8,868 9,840 *9,072 9,396 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 135,740 133,374 134,149 134,864 *136,049 133,478 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 135,665 135,564 134,667 135,618 134,419 133,790 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 98 100 99 101 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised