HDR1012000150090904961500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 4, 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 165 million eggs during the week ending August 31, 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 Up 2 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 132 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 31, 1996. Placements were up 2 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through August 31, 1996, were 4.67 billion, 1 percent above the 4.65 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on September 11, 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 27 : Aug 3 : Aug 10 : Aug 17 : Aug 24 : Aug 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 23,791 23,972 24,093 23,839 24,225 23,125 AR : 29,061 28,727 28,881 29,152 27,903 29,227 DE : 4,697 4,559 4,535 4,479 *4,413 4,288 FL : 2,856 2,884 2,860 2,860 2,838 2,826 GA : 28,674 28,637 *28,374 27,907 *28,906 27,943 MD : 8,611 8,462 8,443 8,727 8,617 8,242 MS : 15,614 16,358 15,981 16,077 16,175 16,176 NC : 17,610 17,951 17,699 17,469 17,465 17,199 PA : 3,654 3,293 3,329 3,644 *3,593 3,681 SC : 4,337 4,356 4,350 4,330 4,278 4,304 TX : 11,331 11,210 11,393 *11,320 *11,921 11,923 VA : 6,535 6,586 6,520 6,485 6,498 6,403 CA, TN, & WV : 9,297 9,466 9,322 9,347 9,692 9,339 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 166,068 166,461 *165,780 *165,636 *166,524 164,676 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 164,548 163,591 162,869 164,564 163,456 161,881 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 101 102 102 101 102 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 27 : Aug 3 : Aug 10 : Aug 17 : Aug 24 : Aug 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 16,070 16,758 17,297 *16,694 *17,360 16,893 AR : 21,027 22,490 22,448 22,807 22,731 23,768 DE : 5,633 4,993 5,542 5,313 *5,365 4,888 FL : 2,424 2,703 2,644 2,571 2,648 2,567 GA : 22,917 23,196 23,290 *22,814 *22,586 22,853 MD : 5,400 6,231 5,396 5,978 *5,690 5,953 MS : 13,867 14,036 14,075 13,521 14,043 11,935 NC : 13,378 13,814 13,489 13,625 14,154 13,791 PA : 2,645 2,672 2,674 *2,702 *2,601 2,641 SC : 3,551 3,654 3,434 *3,925 3,816 4,102 TX : 8,327 *8,595 *8,369 *8,299 *8,391 8,268 VA : 4,866 4,855 5,400 5,272 5,345 5,664 CA, TN, & WV : 8,599 9,563 8,651 8,065 8,872 8,633 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 128,704 *133,560 *132,709 *131,586 *133,602 131,956 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 130,442 133,899 133,019 131,899 130,139 129,677 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 99 100 100 100 103 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised