HDR1012000150091113961500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released November 13, 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. The "Broiler Hatchery" is available on Autofax, (202) 720-2000, report 4300. Broiler Eggs Set In 15 Selected States Down 1 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 165 million eggs during the week ending November 9, 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 November 9, 1996. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through November 2, 1996, were 5.96 billion, 1 percent above the 5.92 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on November 20, 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 :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 5 : Oct 12 : Oct 19 : Oct 26 : Nov 2 : Nov 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 23,639 21,612 *23,847 21,490 22,620 23,617 AR : 28,498 27,381 27,038 26,126 26,920 28,312 DE : 4,329 4,202 3,797 4,047 4,462 4,355 FL : 2,655 2,630 *2,696 2,689 2,606 2,809 GA : 28,645 28,102 *25,702 25,387 *27,486 28,319 MD : 7,916 *7,839 7,301 8,085 8,314 8,718 MS : 16,474 16,002 15,801 13,724 14,971 16,221 NC : 16,632 15,394 15,398 16,092 16,780 16,914 PA : 3,310 3,225 3,212 *3,249 3,349 3,387 SC : 4,410 4,176 4,032 4,071 4,244 4,280 TX : 11,439 11,458 *10,692 10,544 *11,111 11,510 VA : 6,509 6,121 5,960 6,085 *5,561 6,603 CA, TN, & WV : 8,617 8,076 9,479 9,303 10,077 9,589 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 163,073 *156,218 *154,955 *150,892 *158,501 164,634 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 162,799 158,849 153,734 152,265 156,840 166,859 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 98 101 99 101 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 5 : Oct 12 : Oct 19 : Oct 26 : Nov 2 : Nov 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 16,970 16,857 17,214 17,052 15,414 16,592 AR : 22,505 21,600 21,300 22,350 21,641 20,969 DE : 4,591 4,769 4,868 4,835 4,483 4,866 FL : 2,529 2,524 2,462 2,676 2,578 2,422 GA : 21,258 21,472 21,338 22,676 *22,948 21,031 MD : *5,892 *5,347 *5,698 5,550 *5,569 4,511 MS : 13,858 13,363 13,293 13,498 13,170 13,971 NC : 11,902 12,109 12,557 13,001 12,609 12,519 PA : 2,383 2,291 2,489 *2,516 2,397 2,224 SC : 3,782 3,176 3,169 4,027 3,520 3,376 TX : 8,587 7,781 7,882 8,491 8,367 7,706 VA : 4,573 4,172 5,195 5,351 *5,002 4,704 CA, TN, & WV : 7,826 8,155 8,368 8,051 7,723 9,085 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*126,656 *123,616 *125,833 *130,074 *125,421 123,976 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 124,964 123,475 131,202 131,585 127,500 122,764 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 101 100 96 99 98 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised