HDR1012000150090925961500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 25, 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 Slightly Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 156 million eggs during the week ending September 21, 1996. This was up slightly 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 September 21, 1996. Placements were up 2 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through September 21, 1996, were 5.07 billion, 1 percent above the 5.04 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on October 2, 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 17 : Aug 24 : Aug 31 : Sep 7 : Sep 14 : Sep 21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 23,956 24,225 *24,312 23,911 *23,505 23,282 AR : 29,152 27,903 29,227 29,219 28,688 27,671 DE : 4,479 4,413 4,288 4,364 4,348 4,160 FL : 2,860 2,838 2,826 2,468 2,846 2,807 GA : 27,907 *28,936 *27,799 *28,288 *26,745 26,810 MD : 8,727 8,617 8,242 8,114 *7,793 7,734 MS : 16,077 16,175 16,185 16,156 16,178 15,453 NC : 17,469 17,465 17,199 16,692 15,567 15,272 PA : 3,644 3,593 3,699 3,310 *3,204 3,230 SC : 4,330 4,278 4,303 4,381 4,317 4,319 TX : 11,320 11,921 *11,935 *11,781 *11,562 10,809 VA : 6,485 6,498 6,403 6,289 5,958 5,497 CA, TN, & WV : 9,349 9,693 9,206 8,362 7,811 8,730 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 165,755 *166,555 *165,624 *163,335 *158,522 155,774 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 164,564 163,456 161,881 157,422 156,572 155,566 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 101 102 102 104 101 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 17 : Aug 24 : Aug 31 : Sep 7 : Sep 14 : Sep 21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 16,694 17,360 17,325 17,017 *17,562 16,069 AR : 22,807 22,731 23,768 23,080 22,087 23,487 DE : 5,313 5,365 4,888 5,109 *5,704 5,861 FL : 2,571 2,648 2,567 2,508 2,447 2,538 GA : *22,871 22,586 22,961 *22,852 *23,756 22,950 MD : 5,978 5,690 5,956 6,326 *5,417 5,072 MS : 13,521 14,043 13,265 13,112 13,900 14,008 NC : 13,625 14,154 13,791 14,064 13,634 13,642 PA : 2,702 2,601 2,632 2,606 *2,597 2,685 SC : 4,034 3,880 4,088 *3,561 *3,286 3,509 TX : 8,299 8,391 8,268 8,353 8,772 8,727 VA : 5,272 5,345 5,664 4,964 5,326 4,599 CA, TN, & WV : 8,083 8,887 8,662 8,660 9,242 8,827 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*131,770 133,681 133,835 *132,212 *133,730 131,974 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 131,899 130,139 129,677 130,447 129,040 129,432 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 103 103 101 104 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised