HDR1012000150091127961500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released November 27, 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" report 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 167 million eggs during the week ending November 23, 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 Slightly Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 126 million chicks for meat production during the week ending November 23, 1996. Placements were up slightly from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through November 23, 1996, were 6.21 billion, 1 percent above the 6.17 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on December 4, 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 19 : Oct 26 : Nov 2 : Nov 9 : Nov 16 : Nov 23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 23,847 20,935 22,620 23,617 *23,785 24,337 AR : 27,038 26,126 26,920 28,312 29,162 29,438 DE : 3,797 4,047 4,462 4,355 4,170 4,563 FL : 2,696 2,689 2,606 2,809 2,815 2,579 GA : 25,702 25,918 *27,289 28,474 *29,310 29,598 MD : 7,301 8,085 8,314 8,747 8,379 8,419 MS : 15,801 13,724 14,971 16,221 16,637 14,984 NC : 15,398 16,092 16,780 16,914 15,614 16,708 PA : 3,212 3,249 *3,495 *3,642 *3,632 3,642 SC : 4,032 4,071 4,244 4,280 *4,406 4,408 TX : 10,692 10,181 *11,323 11,510 *11,414 12,117 VA : 5,960 6,085 5,561 6,603 6,580 6,608 CA, TN, & WV : 9,479 9,303 10,077 9,589 *9,161 9,733 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 154,955 150,505 *158,662 *165,073 *165,065 167,134 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 153,734 152,265 156,840 166,859 166,879 169,350 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 101 99 101 99 99 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 19 : Oct 26 : Nov 2 : Nov 9 : Nov 16 : Nov 23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,214 17,052 15,414 16,592 *14,852 16,207 AR : 21,300 22,350 21,641 20,969 20,094 20,455 DE : 4,868 4,835 4,483 4,670 4,712 4,087 FL : 2,462 2,676 2,578 2,422 2,386 2,275 GA : 21,338 22,676 22,948 21,029 *20,965 22,441 MD : 5,698 5,550 5,569 4,745 5,570 6,615 MS : 13,293 13,498 13,170 13,971 12,218 13,090 NC : 12,557 13,001 12,609 12,519 12,568 13,279 PA : 2,489 2,516 *2,425 *2,207 *2,374 2,561 SC : 3,169 4,027 3,520 3,376 *3,665 3,218 TX : 7,882 8,491 8,367 7,706 *7,265 8,261 VA : 5,195 5,351 5,002 4,704 4,724 4,392 CA, TN, & WV : 8,368 8,051 7,723 9,085 8,784 9,329 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 125,833 130,074 *125,449 *123,995 *120,177 126,210 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 131,202 131,585 127,500 122,764 121,352 125,831 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 96 99 98 101 99 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised