HDR1012000150090108971500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released January 8, 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 1 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 171 million eggs during the week ending January 4, 1997. This was up 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 136 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 4, 1997. Placements were up slightly from the comparable week in 1996. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on January 15, 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 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 30 : Dec 7 : Dec 14 : Dec 21 : Dec 28 : Jan 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,534 25,246 25,200 25,306 25,558 25,415 AR : 28,711 29,038 29,276 29,511 29,341 29,328 DE : 4,097 4,048 4,302 4,457 4,305 4,353 FL : 2,885 2,932 2,816 2,840 2,831 2,717 GA : 29,735 29,098 29,213 29,375 *29,689 29,534 MD : 8,655 8,469 *8,574 8,680 8,701 8,743 MS : 17,119 16,927 17,056 16,869 17,192 17,061 NC : 16,808 16,749 16,759 *16,935 *16,959 17,206 PA : 3,546 3,498 3,678 *3,715 3,631 3,619 SC : 4,322 4,293 4,293 4,404 4,497 4,410 TX : 12,232 *12,155 *12,180 *12,083 *12,305 11,942 VA : 6,546 6,546 *6,579 *6,525 *6,479 6,526 CA, TN, & WV : 9,993 9,478 9,607 9,528 *9,687 9,667 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total : 170,183 *168,477 *169,533 *170,228 *171,175 170,521 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 170,026 165,174 167,236 166,622 166,749 168,181 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 102 101 102 103 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 30 : Dec 7 : Dec 14 : Dec 21 : Dec 28 : Jan 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,545 18,322 18,765 18,138 17,890 18,380 AR : 23,171 23,164 22,915 23,266 23,152 23,213 DE : 5,799 5,598 5,040 4,931 *4,652 5,058 FL : 2,488 2,613 2,319 2,564 2,761 2,497 GA : 23,324 23,997 23,523 *24,225 *23,814 23,385 MD : 5,607 5,080 6,141 6,028 *6,038 5,776 MS : 14,232 14,487 13,143 13,922 *14,603 14,718 NC : 13,715 12,785 13,025 13,101 *13,331 13,279 PA : *2,525 2,415 2,633 *2,556 2,528 2,660 SC : 3,427 3,479 3,781 3,968 3,724 3,819 TX : 8,784 8,897 *8,863 *8,946 8,845 8,838 VA : 4,927 5,153 *5,123 *5,233 *5,132 4,774 CA, TN, & WV : 9,218 8,603 9,179 *9,403 *8,770 9,277 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total :*134,762 134,593 *134,450 *136,281 *135,240 135,674 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 135,394 134,085 135,231 134,283 132,064 135,189 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 100 99 101 102 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Previous year except January.