HDR1012000150090807961500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service United States Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. Released August 7, 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 2 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 166 million eggs during the week ending August 3, 1996. This was up 2 percent 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 Slightly Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 134 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 3, 1996. Placements were down slightly from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through August 3, 1996, were 4.14 billion, slightly above the 4.12 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on August 14, 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 29 : Jul 6 : Jul 13 : Jul 20 : Jul 27 : Aug 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 23,539 *22,984 23,894 *23,940 *23,666 23,711 AR : *28,300 *27,177 *28,515 *28,626 28,970 28,753 DE : 4,233 4,619 4,706 4,701 4,697 4,559 FL : 2,915 2,603 *2,903 2,864 2,856 2,884 GA : 28,313 28,004 *28,658 28,900 *28,302 28,646 MD : 7,742 8,286 8,238 8,263 *8,611 8,462 MS : 15,772 15,808 16,390 16,213 *15,614 16,358 NC : 16,018 17,140 17,529 17,633 17,437 17,951 PA : 3,335 3,313 3,393 3,548 *3,554 3,432 SC : 4,342 4,338 4,338 4,335 4,337 4,356 TX : 10,551 11,338 11,626 11,108 11,331 11,210 VA : 6,182 6,194 6,359 6,351 *6,535 6,579 CA, TN, & WV : 8,948 8,700 9,753 *9,138 *9,297 9,466 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*160,190 *160,504 *166,302 *165,620 *165,207 166,367 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 160,027 160,939 165,367 165,750 164,548 163,591 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 100 101 100 100 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jun 29 : Jul 6 : Jul 13 : Jul 20 : Jul 27 : Aug 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,406 *17,570 16,729 *17,128 *16,070 16,913 AR : *22,892 *23,814 *22,663 *21,536 20,978 22,505 DE : 4,878 5,459 5,258 4,485 5,633 4,993 FL : 2,520 2,424 2,598 2,529 2,424 2,703 GA : 23,409 24,082 23,241 23,459 *23,098 23,190 MD : 6,584 5,866 5,570 5,818 5,400 6,231 MS : 13,991 14,059 13,720 13,292 13,843 14,203 NC : 13,402 14,078 14,315 12,796 13,378 13,814 PA : 2,630 2,567 2,626 2,538 *2,645 2,672 SC : 3,856 3,573 3,500 3,422 3,551 3,654 TX : 8,324 8,409 8,486 7,513 8,327 8,599 VA : 5,117 5,080 5,358 4,980 *4,866 4,727 CA, TN, & WV : 9,840 9,072 9,396 *8,423 *8,578 9,559 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*134,849 *136,053 *133,460 *127,919 *128,791 133,763 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 135,618 134,419 133,790 129,944 130,442 133,899 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 99 101 100 98 99 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised END OF FILE