HDR1012000150090724961500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service United States Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. Released July 24, 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 20, 1996. This was up slightly from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 82 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 128 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 20, 1996. Placements were down 2 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through July 20, 1996, were 3.88 billion, 1 percent above the 3.86 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on July 31, 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 15 : Jun 22 : Jun 29 : Jul 6 : Jul 13 : Jul 20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 23,910 23,530 23,539 23,374 23,894 23,866 AR : 29,163 28,904 28,247 27,056 28,470 28,572 DE : 4,380 4,087 4,233 4,619 *4,706 4,701 FL : 2,865 2,891 2,915 2,603 2,873 2,864 GA : 29,091 28,220 28,313 *27,711 *28,437 29,197 MD : 8,558 8,587 7,742 8,286 *8,238 8,263 MS : 16,018 16,168 15,772 15,808 16,390 16,213 NC : 17,765 18,119 *16,018 *17,016 17,529 17,633 PA : 3,695 3,641 3,335 3,497 3,371 3,428 SC : 4,355 4,339 4,342 4,338 4,338 4,335 TX : 11,206 11,142 10,551 11,338 11,626 11,108 VA : 6,373 6,262 6,182 6,194 6,359 6,351 CA, TN, & WV : 9,838 9,705 8,656 8,700 9,753 9,167 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 167,217 165,595 *159,845 *160,540 *165,984 165,698 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 165,861 165,385 160,027 160,939 165,367 165,750 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 101 100 100 100 100 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jun 15 : Jun 22 : Jun 29 : Jul 6 : Jul 13 : Jul 20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,679 17,592 17,406 17,566 16,729 17,121 AR : 22,524 23,117 22,907 23,623 22,699 21,526 DE : 6,002 5,344 4,878 5,459 *5,258 4,485 FL : 2,611 2,720 2,520 2,424 2,598 2,529 GA : 23,368 23,434 23,409 *24,082 *23,241 23,479 MD : 5,366 5,729 6,584 5,866 *5,570 5,818 MS : 14,148 14,205 13,991 14,059 13,720 13,292 NC : 13,252 13,054 13,402 *14,078 14,315 13,078 PA : 2,426 2,577 2,630 2,584 2,638 2,541 SC : 3,399 3,811 3,856 3,573 3,500 3,134 TX : 8,464 8,358 8,324 8,409 8,486 7,518 VA : 5,239 5,340 5,117 5,080 5,358 4,783 CA, TN, & WV : 8,896 8,868 9,840 9,072 9,396 8,424 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 133,374 134,149 134,864 *135,875 *133,508 127,728 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 135,564 134,667 135,618 134,419 133,790 129,944 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 98 100 99 101 100 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised END OF FILE