HDR1012000150090102971500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released January 2, 1997, 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 171 million eggs during the week ending December 28, 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 134 million chicks for meat production during the week ending December 28, 1996. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week in 1995. Cumulative placements from December 31, 1995, through December 28, 1996, were 6.88 billion, 1 percent above the 6.84 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on January 8, 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 23 : Nov 30 : Dec 7 : Dec 14 : Dec 21 : Dec 28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 24,913 25,534 25,246 25,200 25,306 25,558 AR : *29,372 *28,711 *29,038 *29,276 *29,511 29,341 DE : 4,563 4,097 4,048 4,302 4,457 4,305 FL : 2,579 2,885 2,932 2,816 2,840 2,831 GA : 29,294 29,735 *29,098 29,213 *29,375 29,683 MD : 8,571 8,655 8,469 8,433 8,680 8,701 MS : 15,555 17,119 16,927 17,056 16,869 17,192 NC : 16,708 16,808 *16,749 16,759 16,893 16,905 PA : 3,663 3,546 3,498 3,678 3,648 3,631 SC : 4,408 4,322 4,293 4,293 4,404 4,497 TX : 12,168 12,232 *12,052 12,129 12,226 12,182 VA : 6,608 6,546 6,546 *6,521 6,499 6,492 CA, TN, & WV : 9,731 9,993 9,478 9,607 *9,528 9,468 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*168,133 *170,183 *168,374 *169,283 *170,236 170,786 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 169,350 170,026 165,174 167,236 166,622 166,749 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 99 100 102 101 102 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 23 : Nov 30 : Dec 7 : Dec 14 : Dec 21 : Dec 28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 16,652 17,545 18,322 18,765 18,138 17,890 AR : *20,779 *23,171 *23,164 *22,915 *23,266 23,152 DE : 3,822 5,799 5,598 5,040 4,931 4,641 FL : 2,275 2,488 2,613 2,319 2,564 2,761 GA : 22,460 23,324 23,997 23,523 *24,139 23,714 MD : 6,886 5,607 5,080 6,141 *6,028 6,017 MS : 13,090 14,232 14,487 13,143 13,922 13,296 NC : 13,279 13,715 12,785 13,025 *13,101 13,378 PA : 2,673 2,554 2,415 2,633 2,540 2,528 SC : 3,218 3,427 3,479 3,781 3,968 3,724 TX : 8,261 8,784 8,897 8,864 8,945 8,845 VA : 4,392 4,927 5,153 *5,104 5,129 5,048 CA, TN, & WV : 9,348 9,218 8,603 *9,179 *9,463 8,815 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total :*127,135 *134,791 *134,593 *134,432 *136,134 133,809 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 125,831 135,394 134,085 135,231 134,283 132,064 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 101 100 100 99 101 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised