HDR1012000150091016961500BROILER HATCHERY Released October 16, 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 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the Agricultural Statistics Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@NASS.USDA.GOV. Broiler Eggs Set In 15 Selected States Down 1 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 157 million eggs during the week ending October 12, 1996. This was down 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 Up 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 124 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 12, 1996. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through October 12, 1996, were 5.45 billion, 1 percent above the 5.41 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on October 23, 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 :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 7 : Sep 14 : Sep 21 : Sep 28 : Oct 5 : Oct 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 23,911 23,505 23,282 23,036 23,639 21,612 AR : 29,219 28,688 27,671 26,774 28,535 27,454 DE : 4,364 4,348 4,160 4,250 4,329 4,202 FL : 2,468 2,846 *2,837 2,698 2,635 2,630 GA : 28,329 26,570 *26,518 *27,141 *28,704 28,256 MD : 8,114 7,793 7,734 8,279 7,916 7,790 MS : 16,156 16,178 15,453 15,216 16,474 16,002 NC : 16,692 15,535 15,272 16,265 16,344 15,554 PA : 3,310 3,204 3,148 3,419 *3,310 3,310 SC : 4,381 4,317 4,319 4,081 4,410 4,176 TX : 11,963 11,562 10,809 10,826 *11,438 11,445 VA : 6,289 5,958 5,497 6,311 6,509 6,281 CA, TN, & WV : 8,362 8,165 *8,539 9,033 8,617 8,076 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 163,558 158,669 *155,239 *157,329 *162,860 156,788 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 157,422 156,572 155,566 165,103 162,799 158,849 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 104 101 100 95 100 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 7 : Sep 14 : Sep 21 : Sep 28 : Oct 5 : Oct 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 16,939 17,485 17,134 16,983 16,970 16,857 AR : 23,080 22,087 23,487 23,116 22,433 21,883 DE : 5,109 5,704 5,861 5,167 4,591 4,780 FL : 2,508 2,447 2,538 2,407 2,529 2,524 GA : 22,852 23,756 22,951 23,090 *21,258 21,470 MD : 6,326 5,417 5,072 5,632 5,884 5,324 MS : 13,112 13,900 14,008 13,989 13,858 13,363 NC : 14,064 13,634 13,642 12,973 11,914 12,164 PA : 2,606 2,597 2,709 2,591 *2,383 2,310 SC : 3,561 3,286 3,509 3,420 3,782 3,176 TX : 8,360 8,775 8,734 8,748 8,587 8,083 VA : 4,964 5,326 4,599 5,106 4,573 4,178 CA, TN, & WV : 8,678 9,232 8,840 8,082 7,826 8,171 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 132,159 133,646 133,084 131,304 *126,588 124,283 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 130,447 129,040 129,432 124,862 124,964 123,475 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 101 104 103 105 101 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised