HDR1012000150090814961500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service United States Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. Released August 14, 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 10, 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 133 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 10, 1996. Placements were down slightly from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through August 10, 1996, were 4.27 billion, slightly above the 4.25 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on August 21, 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 :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 6 : Jul 13 : Jul 20 : Jul 27 : Aug 3 : Aug 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 22,984 *23,747 23,940 23,666 *23,972 24,093 AR : 27,177 *28,440 28,626 28,970 28,753 28,881 DE : 4,619 4,706 4,701 4,697 4,559 4,535 FL : 2,603 2,903 2,864 2,856 2,884 2,860 GA : 28,004 28,658 28,900 *28,523 *28,461 28,273 MD : 8,286 8,238 8,263 8,611 8,462 8,443 MS : 15,808 16,390 16,213 15,614 16,358 15,908 NC : 17,140 17,529 17,633 17,437 17,951 17,699 PA : 3,313 3,393 3,548 3,554 *3,293 3,399 SC : 4,338 4,338 4,335 4,337 4,356 4,350 TX : 11,338 11,626 11,108 11,331 11,210 11,393 VA : 6,194 6,359 6,351 6,535 *6,586 6,520 CA, TN, & WV : 8,700 9,753 *9,137 9,297 9,466 9,322 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 160,504 *166,080 *165,619 *165,428 *166,311 165,676 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 160,939 165,367 165,750 164,548 163,591 162,869 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 100 100 101 102 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 6 : Jul 13 : Jul 20 : Jul 27 : Aug 3 : Aug 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,570 16,729 17,128 16,070 *16,758 17,297 AR : 23,814 *22,680 21,536 20,978 22,505 22,460 DE : 5,459 5,258 4,485 5,633 4,993 5,542 FL : 2,424 2,598 2,529 2,424 2,703 2,644 GA : 24,082 *23,251 *23,458 *22,917 *23,196 23,219 MD : 5,866 5,570 5,818 5,400 6,231 5,396 MS : 14,059 13,720 13,292 *13,867 *14,036 14,067 NC : 14,078 14,315 12,796 13,378 13,814 13,395 PA : 2,567 2,626 2,538 2,645 2,672 2,693 SC : 3,573 3,500 3,422 3,551 3,654 3,529 TX : 8,409 8,486 7,513 8,327 8,599 8,372 VA : 5,080 5,358 4,980 4,866 *4,855 5,400 CA, TN, & WV : *9,093 *9,416 *8,443 *8,599 9,559 8,587 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*136,074 *133,507 *127,938 *128,655 *133,575 132,601 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 134,419 133,790 129,944 130,442 133,899 133,019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 101 100 98 99 100 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised END OF FILE