HDR1012000150090129971500BROILER HATCHERY Released January 29, 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 169 million eggs during the week ending January 25, 1997. 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 2 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 137 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 25 1997. Placements were up 2 percent from the comparable week in 1996. Cumulative placements from December 29, 1996, through January 25, 1997 were 547 million, 1 percent above the 540 million placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on February 5, 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 21 : Dec 28 : Jan 4 : Jan 11 : Jan 18 : Jan 25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,306 25,558 25,415 25,286 24,840 25,386 AR : 29,511 29,341 29,328 29,743 29,829 29,631 DE : 4,454 4,390 4,412 4,329 4,282 4,661 FL : 2,840 2,831 2,717 2,737 3,034 2,805 GA : 29,097 29,689 29,541 28,807 *29,024 29,035 MD : 8,770 8,701 8,748 8,485 8,005 7,708 MS : 16,869 17,192 17,061 16,952 16,547 16,716 NC : 16,935 17,001 17,206 16,568 16,452 16,703 PA : 3,715 3,668 *3,534 *3,606 *3,508 3,528 SC : 4,404 4,497 4,410 4,319 4,187 4,263 TX : 12,082 12,304 *12,032 12,105 *11,933 12,090 VA : 6,525 6,479 6,555 6,642 *6,251 6,602 CA, TN, & WV : 9,528 9,687 9,331 9,667 9,056 9,786 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total : 170,036 171,338 *170,290 *169,246 *166,948 168,914 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 166,622 166,749 168,181 167,329 168,535 165,233 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 103 101 101 99 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 21 : Dec 28 : Jan 4 : Jan 11 : Jan 18 : Jan 25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,138 17,890 18,380 17,765 18,154 18,343 AR : 23,266 23,152 23,213 23,710 23,555 23,446 DE : 4,635 4,266 4,764 5,037 *4,930 4,855 FL : 2,564 2,761 2,497 2,696 2,736 2,442 GA : 24,225 23,814 23,419 23,602 24,146 24,020 MD : 6,352 6,259 6,461 6,105 6,014 6,626 MS : 13,922 14,603 14,718 14,501 14,735 14,681 NC : 13,101 13,331 13,279 13,585 *13,229 14,146 PA : 2,556 2,567 *2,643 *2,688 *2,673 2,641 SC : 3,968 3,724 3,819 3,562 3,924 3,112 TX : 8,946 8,845 8,838 8,992 8,922 8,865 VA : 5,233 5,132 4,789 5,303 *5,339 4,628 CA, TN, & WV : *9,406 *8,764 9,207 9,239 *9,194 9,225 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total :*136,312 *135,108 *136,027 *136,785 *137,551 137,030 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 134,283 132,064 135,189 134,642 135,286 134,893 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 102 101 102 102 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/Previous year except January.