HDR1012000150091226961500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released December 26, 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 2 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 170 million eggs during the week ending December 21, 1996. This was up 2 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 136 million chicks for meat production during the week ending December 21, 1996. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through December 21, 1996, were 6.75 billion, 1 percent above the 6.71 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on January 2, 1997. 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 16 : Nov 23 : Nov 30 : Dec 7 : Dec 14 : Dec 21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,025 24,913 25,534 25,246 25,200 25,306 AR : 29,162 29,438 28,821 28,976 29,226 29,458 DE : *4,091 4,563 *4,097 *4,048 *4,302 4,457 FL : 2,815 2,579 2,885 2,932 2,816 2,840 GA : 29,415 29,294 29,735 29,112 *29,213 29,393 MD : 8,379 8,571 8,655 8,469 *8,433 8,680 MS : 16,637 15,555 *17,119 16,927 17,056 16,869 NC : 15,614 16,708 *16,808 16,721 16,759 16,893 PA : 3,632 3,663 3,546 3,498 *3,678 3,648 SC : 4,406 4,408 4,322 4,293 *4,293 4,404 TX : 11,988 12,168 12,232 12,051 *12,129 12,226 VA : 6,580 6,608 6,546 6,546 6,546 6,499 CA, TN, & WV : 9,197 9,731 9,993 9,478 9,607 9,521 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*166,941 168,199 *170,293 *168,297 *169,258 170,194 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 166,879 169,350 170,026 165,174 167,236 166,622 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 99 100 102 101 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 16 : Nov 23 : Nov 30 : Dec 7 : Dec 14 : Dec 21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 15,266 16,652 17,545 18,322 18,765 18,138 AR : 20,094 20,455 23,121 23,170 22,858 23,191 DE : *4,744 3,822 *5,799 *5,598 *5,040 4,931 FL : 2,386 2,275 2,488 2,613 2,319 2,564 GA : 20,948 22,460 23,324 *23,997 *23,523 24,131 MD : *5,527 6,886 *5,607 *5,080 *6,141 6,041 MS : 12,218 13,090 14,232 14,487 13,143 13,922 NC : 12,568 13,279 13,715 12,785 13,025 13,088 PA : 2,374 2,673 2,554 2,415 *2,633 2,540 SC : 3,665 3,218 3,427 3,479 *3,781 3,968 TX : 7,261 8,261 8,784 8,897 8,864 8,945 VA : 4,724 4,392 4,927 5,153 5,158 5,129 CA, TN, & WV : 8,784 9,348 9,218 8,603 *9,194 9,464 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*120,559 126,811 *134,741 *134,599 *134,444 136,052 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 121,352 125,831 135,394 134,085 135,231 134,283 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 99 101 100 100 99 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised