HDR1012000150090731961500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service United States Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. Released July 31, 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 165 million eggs during the week ending July 27, 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 129 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 27, 1996. Placements were down 1 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through July 27, 1996, were 4.01 billion, slightly above the 3.99 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on August 7, 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 22 : Jun 29 : Jul 6 : Jul 13 : Jul 20 : Jul 27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 23,530 23,539 23,374 23,894 23,866 23,597 AR : 28,904 28,247 27,056 28,470 28,572 28,970 DE : 4,087 4,233 4,619 4,706 4,701 4,697 FL : 2,891 2,915 2,603 2,873 2,864 2,856 GA : 28,220 28,313 *28,004 28,437 *28,900 28,260 MD : 8,587 7,742 8,286 8,238 8,263 8,506 MS : 16,168 15,772 15,808 16,390 16,213 15,534 NC : 18,119 16,018 *17,140 17,529 17,633 17,437 PA : 3,641 3,335 *3,313 *3,393 *3,548 3,541 SC : 4,339 4,342 4,338 4,338 4,335 4,337 TX : 11,142 10,551 11,338 11,626 11,108 11,331 VA : 6,262 6,182 6,194 6,359 6,351 6,347 CA, TN, & WV : 9,705 *8,948 8,700 9,753 9,167 9,296 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 165,595 *160,137 *160,773 *166,006 *165,521 164,709 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 165,385 160,027 160,939 165,367 165,750 164,548 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 100 100 100 100 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jun 22 : Jun 29 : Jul 6 : Jul 13 : Jul 20 : Jul 27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,592 17,406 17,566 16,729 17,121 15,981 AR : 23,117 22,907 23,623 22,699 21,526 20,978 DE : 5,344 4,878 5,459 5,258 4,485 5,633 FL : 2,720 2,520 2,424 2,598 2,529 2,424 GA : 23,434 23,409 24,082 23,241 *23,459 23,201 MD : 5,729 6,584 5,866 5,570 5,818 5,400 MS : 14,205 13,991 14,059 13,720 13,292 13,843 NC : 13,054 13,402 14,078 14,315 *12,796 13,378 PA : 2,577 2,630 *2,567 *2,626 *2,538 2,630 SC : 3,811 3,856 3,573 3,500 *3,422 3,551 TX : 8,358 8,324 8,409 8,486 *7,513 8,327 VA : 5,340 5,117 5,080 5,358 *4,980 4,919 CA, TN, & WV : 8,868 9,840 9,072 9,396 8,424 8,662 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 134,149 134,864 *135,858 *133,496 *127,903 128,927 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 134,667 135,618 134,419 133,790 129,944 130,442 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 99 101 100 98 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised