HDR1012000150090205971500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released February 5, 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 3 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 171 million eggs during the week ending February 1, 1997. This was up 3 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 February 1, 1997. Placements were up 2 percent from the comparable week in 1996. Cumulative placements from December 29, 1996, through February 1, 1997 were 684 million, 1 percent above the 674 million placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on February 12, 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 28 : Jan 4 : Jan 11 : Jan 18 : Jan 25 : Feb 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,558 25,415 25,286 24,840 25,386 25,159 AR : 29,341 29,328 29,743 29,829 29,631 30,087 DE : 4,390 4,412 4,329 4,282 4,661 4,492 FL : 2,831 2,717 2,737 3,034 2,805 2,854 GA : 29,689 29,541 28,807 29,024 *29,172 29,154 MD : 8,701 8,748 8,485 8,005 7,708 8,745 MS : 17,192 17,061 16,952 16,547 16,716 17,040 NC : 17,001 *17,293 16,568 16,452 16,703 17,116 PA : 3,668 3,534 3,606 3,508 *3,500 3,597 SC : 4,497 4,410 4,319 4,187 4,263 4,397 TX : 12,304 *12,038 *12,112 *11,940 *12,096 12,120 VA : 6,479 6,555 6,642 6,251 6,602 6,706 CA, TN, & WV : 9,687 *9,667 *9,331 9,056 *9,842 9,349 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total : 171,338 *170,719 *168,917 *166,955 *169,085 170,816 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 166,749 168,181 167,329 168,535 165,233 166,116 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 102 101 99 102 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 28 : Jan 4 : Jan 11 : Jan 18 : Jan 25 : Feb 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,890 18,380 17,765 18,154 18,343 18,578 AR : 23,152 23,213 23,710 23,555 23,446 24,392 DE : 4,266 4,764 5,037 4,930 4,855 5,244 FL : 2,761 2,497 2,696 2,736 2,442 2,341 GA : 23,814 23,419 23,602 24,146 *24,031 23,692 MD : 6,259 6,461 6,105 6,014 6,626 5,946 MS : 14,603 14,718 14,501 14,735 14,681 14,640 NC : 13,331 13,279 13,585 13,229 14,146 13,064 PA : 2,567 2,643 2,688 2,673 *2,666 2,628 SC : 3,724 3,819 3,562 3,924 3,112 3,724 TX : 8,845 *8,843 *8,996 *8,927 *8,870 8,955 VA : 5,132 4,789 5,303 5,339 4,628 4,760 CA, TN, & WV : 8,764 *9,280 *9,166 *9,193 *9,224 8,667 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total : 135,108 *136,105 *136,716 *137,555 *137,070 136,631 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 132,064 135,189 134,642 135,286 134,893 134,319 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 101 102 102 102 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/Previous year except January.