HDR1012000150091023961500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 23, 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 Up 1 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 155 million eggs during the week ending October 19, 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 4 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 126 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 19, 1996. Placements were down 4 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through October 19, 1996, were 5.58 billion, 1 percent above the 5.54 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on October 30, 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 14 : Sep 21 : Sep 28 : Oct 5 : Oct 12 : Oct 19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 23,505 23,282 23,036 23,639 21,612 23,993 AR : 28,688 27,671 26,774 28,535 27,454 26,903 DE : 4,348 4,160 4,250 4,329 4,202 3,797 FL : 2,846 2,837 2,698 2,635 2,630 2,456 GA : 26,570 26,518 *26,762 28,704 *28,102 25,832 MD : 7,793 7,734 8,279 7,916 *7,834 7,301 MS : 16,178 15,453 15,216 16,474 16,002 15,801 NC : 15,535 15,272 *15,968 *16,375 *15,423 15,398 PA : 3,204 3,148 3,419 3,310 *3,225 3,204 SC : 4,317 4,319 4,081 4,410 4,176 4,032 TX : 11,562 10,809 10,826 11,438 *11,125 11,050 VA : 5,958 5,497 6,311 6,509 *6,121 5,960 CA, TN, & WV : 8,165 8,539 9,033 8,617 8,076 9,479 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 158,669 155,239 *156,653 *162,891 *155,982 155,206 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 156,572 155,566 165,103 162,799 158,849 153,734 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 101 100 95 100 98 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 14 : Sep 21 : Sep 28 : Oct 5 : Oct 12 : Oct 19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,485 17,134 16,983 16,970 16,857 17,214 AR : 22,087 23,487 23,116 22,433 21,883 21,272 DE : 5,704 5,861 5,167 4,591 *4,769 4,885 FL : 2,447 2,538 2,407 2,529 2,524 2,462 GA : 23,756 22,951 23,090 21,258 *21,472 21,635 MD : 5,417 5,072 5,632 5,884 *5,350 5,374 MS : 13,900 14,008 13,989 13,858 13,363 13,293 NC : 13,634 13,642 12,973 *11,902 *12,137 12,557 PA : 2,597 2,709 2,591 2,383 *2,291 2,526 SC : 3,286 3,509 3,420 3,782 3,176 3,169 TX : 8,775 8,734 8,748 8,587 *7,780 7,881 VA : 5,326 4,599 5,106 4,573 *4,172 5,195 CA, TN, & WV : 9,232 8,840 8,082 7,826 *8,220 8,368 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 133,646 133,084 131,304 *126,576 *123,994 125,831 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 129,040 129,432 124,862 124,964 123,475 131,202 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 104 103 105 101 100 96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised