HDR1012000150090918961500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 18, 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 159 million eggs during the week ending September 14, 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 4 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 134 million chicks for meat production during the week ending September 14, 1996. Placements were up 4 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through September 14, 1996, were 4.94 billion, 1 percent above the 4.91 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on September 25, 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 (9-96) Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 10 : Aug 17 : Aug 24 : Aug 31 : Sep 7 : Sep 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,093 23,956 24,225 23,132 23,911 23,504 AR : 28,881 29,152 27,903 29,227 29,219 28,688 DE : 4,535 4,479 4,413 4,288 4,364 4,348 FL : 2,860 2,860 2,838 2,826 2,468 2,846 GA : 28,374 27,907 28,906 27,891 *28,698 27,109 MD : 8,443 8,727 8,617 8,242 8,114 7,839 MS : 15,981 16,077 16,175 16,185 *16,156 16,178 NC : 17,699 17,469 17,465 17,199 16,692 15,567 PA : 3,329 3,644 3,593 3,699 *3,310 3,198 SC : 4,350 4,330 4,278 4,303 4,381 4,317 TX : 11,393 11,320 11,921 11,923 11,769 11,619 VA : 6,520 6,485 6,498 6,403 6,289 5,958 CA, TN, & WV : *9,329 *9,349 *9,693 *9,206 *8,362 7,811 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*165,787 *165,755 *166,525 *164,524 *163,733 158,982 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 162,869 164,564 163,456 161,881 157,422 156,572 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 101 102 102 104 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 10 : Aug 17 : Aug 24 : Aug 31 : Sep 7 : Sep 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,297 16,694 17,360 17,325 *17,017 17,556 AR : 22,448 22,807 22,731 23,768 23,080 22,087 DE : 5,542 5,313 5,365 4,888 5,109 5,470 FL : 2,644 2,571 2,648 2,567 2,508 2,447 GA : 23,290 22,814 22,586 22,961 *22,847 23,383 MD : 5,396 5,978 5,690 5,956 6,326 5,620 MS : 14,075 13,521 14,043 13,265 13,112 13,900 NC : 13,489 13,625 14,154 13,791 14,064 13,634 PA : 2,674 2,702 2,601 2,632 *2,606 2,605 SC : 3,434 4,034 3,880 4,088 3,498 3,636 TX : 8,369 8,299 8,391 8,268 8,353 8,772 VA : 5,400 5,272 5,345 5,664 4,964 5,326 CA, TN, & WV : *8,662 *8,083 *8,887 *8,662 *8,660 9,242 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*132,720 *131,713 *133,681 *133,835 *132,144 133,678 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 133,019 131,899 130,139 129,677 130,447 129,040 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 100 103 103 101 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised