HDR1012000150091030961500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 30, 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 151 million eggs during the week ending October 26, 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 Down 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 130 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 26, 1996. Placements were down 1 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through October 26, 1996, were 5.71 billion, 1 percent above the 5.67 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on November 6, 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 21 : Sep 28 : Oct 5 : Oct 12 : Oct 19 : Oct 26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 23,282 23,036 23,639 21,612 23,993 21,490 AR : *27,745 *26,785 *28,498 *27,381 *27,038 26,126 DE : 4,160 4,250 4,329 4,202 3,797 4,077 FL : 2,837 2,698 *2,655 2,630 2,456 2,689 GA : 26,518 26,762 28,704 28,102 *25,190 25,466 MD : 7,734 8,279 7,916 7,834 7,301 8,085 MS : 15,453 15,216 16,474 16,002 15,801 13,724 NC : 15,272 15,968 *16,632 15,423 15,398 16,092 PA : 3,148 3,419 3,310 3,225 *3,212 3,337 SC : 4,319 4,081 4,410 4,176 4,032 4,071 TX : *10,476 *10,823 *11,489 *11,454 11,050 10,583 VA : 5,497 6,311 6,509 6,121 5,960 6,085 CA, TN, & WV : *8,543 *9,044 8,617 8,076 9,479 9,303 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*154,984 *156,672 *163,182 *156,238 *154,707 151,128 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 155,566 165,103 162,799 158,849 153,734 152,265 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 95 100 98 101 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 21 : Sep 28 : Oct 5 : Oct 12 : Oct 19 : Oct 26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,134 16,983 16,970 16,857 17,214 17,052 AR : *23,627 *23,214 *22,505 *21,600 *21,300 22,350 DE : 5,861 5,167 4,591 4,769 *4,868 4,815 FL : 2,538 2,407 2,529 2,524 2,462 2,676 GA : 22,951 23,090 21,258 21,472 *21,324 22,656 MD : 5,072 5,632 5,884 5,350 *5,380 5,567 MS : 14,008 13,989 13,858 13,363 13,293 13,498 NC : 13,642 12,973 11,902 12,137 12,557 13,001 PA : 2,709 2,591 2,383 2,291 *2,489 2,514 SC : 3,509 3,420 3,782 3,176 3,169 4,027 TX : 8,734 8,748 8,587 7,780 7,881 8,490 VA : 4,599 5,106 4,573 4,172 5,195 5,351 CA, TN, & WV : 8,840 *8,081 7,826 8,220 8,368 7,779 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*133,224 *131,401 *126,648 *123,711 *125,500 129,776 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 129,432 124,862 124,964 123,475 131,202 131,585 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 105 101 100 96 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised