HDR1012000150090122971500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released January 22, 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 Down 1 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 167 million eggs during the week ending January 18, 1997. This was down 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 2 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 137 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 18, 1997. Placements were up 2 percent from the comparable week in 1996. Cumulative placements from December 29, 1996, through January 18, 1997 were 410 million, 2 percent above the 405 million placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on January 29, 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 14 : Dec 21 : Dec 28 : Jan 4 : Jan 11 : Jan 18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,200 25,306 25,558 25,415 25,286 24,840 AR : 29,276 29,511 29,341 29,328 *29,743 29,829 DE : 4,302 4,454 4,390 *4,412 4,329 4,282 FL : 2,816 2,840 2,831 2,717 2,737 3,034 GA : 29,213 29,097 29,689 29,541 *28,807 28,926 MD : 8,574 8,770 8,701 *8,748 8,485 8,005 MS : 17,056 16,869 17,192 17,061 16,952 16,547 NC : 16,759 16,935 17,001 17,206 16,568 16,452 PA : 3,678 3,715 3,668 3,619 3,644 3,549 SC : 4,293 4,404 4,497 4,410 4,319 4,187 TX : 12,180 12,082 *12,304 *12,033 12,105 11,963 VA : 6,579 6,525 6,479 6,555 6,642 6,242 CA, TN, & WV : 9,607 9,528 9,687 *9,331 *9,667 9,056 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total : 169,533 170,036 *171,338 *170,376 *169,284 166,912 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 167,236 166,622 166,749 168,181 167,329 168,535 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 101 102 103 101 101 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 14 : Dec 21 : Dec 28 : Jan 4 : Jan 11 : Jan 18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,765 18,138 17,890 18,380 17,765 18,154 AR : 22,915 23,266 23,152 23,213 *23,710 23,555 DE : 5,040 4,635 4,266 *4,764 5,037 4,936 FL : 2,319 2,564 2,761 2,497 2,696 2,736 GA : 23,523 24,225 23,814 23,419 *23,602 24,146 MD : 6,141 6,352 6,259 *6,461 6,105 6,014 MS : 13,143 13,922 14,603 14,718 14,501 14,735 NC : 13,025 13,101 13,331 13,279 13,585 13,224 PA : 2,633 2,556 2,567 2,660 2,689 2,660 SC : 3,781 3,968 3,724 3,819 3,562 3,924 TX : 8,863 8,946 8,845 8,838 8,992 8,922 VA : 5,169 5,233 5,132 4,789 5,303 5,051 CA, TN, & WV : 9,179 9,403 8,770 *9,207 *9,239 9,285 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total : 134,496 136,309 135,114 *136,044 *136,786 137,342 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 135,231 134,283 132,064 135,189 134,642 135,286 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 99 102 102 101 102 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Previous year except January.