HDR1012000150091211961500BROILER HATCHERY Released December 11, 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 Up 1 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 167 million eggs during the week ending December 7, 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 83 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 134 million chicks for meat production during the week ending December 7, 1996. Placements were up slightly from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through December 7, 1996, were 6.47 billion, 1 percent above the 6.44 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on December 18, 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 :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 2 : Nov 9 : Nov 16 : Nov 23 : Nov 30 : Dec 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 22,620 23,617 *24,471 24,359 24,979 24,794 AR : 26,920 28,312 29,162 29,438 28,821 28,976 DE : 4,462 4,355 4,170 4,563 4,278 3,728 FL : 2,606 2,809 2,815 2,579 2,885 2,932 GA : 27,289 28,536 *29,415 29,678 *29,735 29,163 MD : 8,314 8,747 8,379 8,571 8,655 8,563 MS : 14,971 16,221 16,637 14,984 16,835 16,862 NC : 16,780 16,928 15,614 16,708 16,796 16,721 PA : 3,495 3,642 3,632 3,663 3,546 3,494 SC : 4,244 4,280 4,406 4,408 4,322 4,293 TX : 11,323 12,079 *11,988 12,168 *12,232 12,051 VA : 5,561 6,603 6,580 6,608 6,546 6,546 CA, TN, & WV : *10,100 *9,600 *9,197 *9,732 *9,994 9,308 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*158,685 *165,729 *166,466 *167,459 *169,624 167,431 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 156,840 166,859 166,879 169,350 170,026 165,174 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 101 99 100 99 100 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 2 : Nov 9 : Nov 16 : Nov 23 : Nov 30 : Dec 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 15,414 16,592 14,852 16,206 17,101 17,890 AR : 21,641 20,969 20,094 20,455 23,121 23,170 DE : 4,483 4,670 4,712 3,822 5,627 5,262 FL : 2,578 2,422 2,386 2,275 2,488 2,613 GA : 22,948 21,027 *20,948 22,460 *23,324 23,996 MD : 5,569 4,745 5,570 6,886 *5,718 5,636 MS : 13,170 13,971 12,218 13,090 14,232 14,487 NC : 12,609 12,519 12,568 13,279 13,715 12,785 PA : 2,425 2,207 2,374 2,673 2,554 2,495 SC : 3,520 3,376 3,665 3,218 3,427 3,479 TX : *8,363 *7,702 *7,261 8,261 *8,784 8,897 VA : 5,002 4,704 4,724 4,392 4,927 5,153 CA, TN, & WV : *7,711 9,085 8,784 *9,348 *9,218 8,596 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*125,433 *123,989 *120,156 *126,365 *134,236 134,459 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 127,500 122,764 121,352 125,831 135,394 134,085 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 98 101 99 100 99 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised