HDR1012000150090115971500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released January 15, 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 168 million eggs during the week ending January 11, 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 136 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 11, 1997. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week in 1996. Cumulative placements from December 29, 1996, through January 11, 1997 were 272 million, 1 percent above the 270 million placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on January 22, 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 :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 7 : Dec 14 : Dec 21 : Dec 28 : Jan 4 : Jan 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,246 25,200 25,306 25,558 25,415 25,286 AR : 29,038 29,276 29,511 29,341 29,328 29,111 DE : 4,048 4,302 *4,454 *4,390 4,353 4,329 FL : 2,932 2,816 2,840 2,831 2,717 2,737 GA : 29,098 29,213 *29,097 29,689 *29,541 28,965 MD : 8,469 8,574 *8,770 8,701 8,743 8,485 MS : 16,927 17,056 16,869 17,192 17,061 16,952 NC : 16,749 16,759 16,935 *17,001 17,206 16,568 PA : 3,498 3,678 3,715 *3,668 3,619 3,644 SC : 4,293 4,293 4,404 4,497 4,410 4,319 TX : 12,155 12,180 *12,082 12,305 *11,978 12,105 VA : 6,546 6,579 6,525 6,479 *6,555 6,642 CA, TN, & WV : 9,478 9,607 9,528 9,687 9,667 9,349 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total : 168,477 169,533 *170,036 *171,339 *170,593 168,492 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 165,174 167,236 166,622 166,749 168,181 167,329 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 101 102 103 101 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 7 : Dec 14 : Dec 21 : Dec 28 : Jan 4 : Jan 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,322 18,765 18,138 17,890 18,380 17,765 AR : 23,164 22,915 23,266 23,152 23,213 23,150 DE : 5,598 5,040 *4,635 *4,266 5,058 5,037 FL : 2,613 2,319 2,564 2,761 2,497 2,696 GA : 23,997 23,523 24,225 23,814 *23,419 23,596 MD : 5,080 6,141 *6,352 *6,259 5,776 6,105 MS : 14,487 13,143 13,922 14,603 14,718 14,501 NC : 12,785 13,025 13,101 13,331 13,279 13,585 PA : 2,415 2,633 2,556 *2,567 2,660 2,689 SC : 3,479 3,781 3,968 3,724 3,819 3,562 TX : 8,897 8,863 8,946 8,845 8,838 8,992 VA : 5,153 *5,169 5,233 5,132 *4,789 5,303 CA, TN, & WV : 8,603 9,179 9,403 8,770 9,277 9,168 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total : 134,593 *134,496 *136,309 *135,114 *135,723 136,149 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 134,085 135,231 134,283 132,064 135,189 134,642 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 100 99 102 102 100 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/Previous year except January.