HDR1012000150090821961500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service United States Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. Released August 21, 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 1 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 166 million eggs during the week ending August 17, 1996. This was up 1 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 132 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 17, 1996. Placements were down slightly from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through August 17, 1996, were 4.41 billion, slightly above the 4.39 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on August 28, 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. Pou 2-2 (8-96) Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 13 : Jul 20 : Jul 27 : Aug 3 : Aug 10 : Aug 17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 23,747 23,940 *23,791 23,972 24,093 23,839 AR : *28,813 *29,093 28,970 28,753 28,881 29,207 DE : 4,706 4,701 4,697 4,559 4,535 4,676 FL : 2,903 2,864 2,856 2,884 2,860 2,860 GA : 28,658 28,900 *28,674 28,461 *28,329 27,903 MD : 8,238 8,263 8,611 8,462 8,443 8,712 MS : 16,390 16,213 15,614 16,358 *15,981 16,077 NC : 17,529 17,633 *17,610 17,951 17,699 17,469 PA : 3,393 3,548 *3,654 3,293 *3,329 3,572 SC : 4,338 4,335 4,337 4,356 4,350 4,330 TX : 11,626 *11,470 11,331 11,210 11,393 11,128 VA : 6,359 6,351 6,535 6,586 6,520 6,485 CA, TN, & WV : 9,753 9,137 9,297 9,466 9,322 9,347 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*166,453 *166,448 *165,977 166,311 *165,735 165,605 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 165,367 165,750 164,548 163,591 162,869 164,564 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 101 100 101 102 102 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 13 : Jul 20 : Jul 27 : Aug 3 : Aug 10 : Aug 17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 16,729 17,128 16,070 16,758 17,297 16,697 AR : *22,698 21,536 20,978 22,505 22,460 22,822 DE : 5,258 4,485 5,633 4,993 5,542 5,372 FL : 2,598 2,529 2,424 2,703 2,644 2,571 GA : 23,251 23,458 22,917 23,196 *23,290 23,247 MD : 5,570 5,818 5,400 6,231 5,396 5,929 MS : 13,720 13,292 13,867 14,036 *14,075 13,521 NC : 14,315 12,796 13,378 13,814 *13,489 13,625 PA : 2,626 2,538 2,645 2,672 *2,674 2,725 SC : 3,500 3,422 3,551 3,654 *3,434 3,934 TX : 8,486 7,513 8,327 8,599 8,372 8,115 VA : 5,358 4,980 4,866 4,855 5,400 5,272 CA, TN, & WV : 9,416 8,443 8,599 *9,508 8,587 7,957 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*133,525 127,938 128,655 *133,524 *132,660 131,787 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 133,790 129,944 130,442 133,899 133,019 131,899 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 98 99 100 100 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised END OF FILE