HDR1012000150090219971500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released February 19, 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 172 million eggs during the week ending February 15, 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 3 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 136 million chicks for meat production during the week ending February 15, 1997. Placements were up 3 percent from the comparable week in 1996. Cumulative placements from December 29, 1996, through February 15, 1997 were 953 million, 1 percent above the 940 million placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on February 26, 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 State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jan 11 : Jan 18 : Jan 25 : Feb 1 : Feb 8 : Feb 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,286 24,840 *25,188 25,159 25,655 25,752 AR : 29,743 29,829 29,631 30,087 30,092 29,951 DE : 4,329 4,282 4,661 4,492 4,696 4,678 FL : 2,737 3,034 2,805 2,854 *2,792 2,863 GA : 28,807 29,024 29,172 29,126 *29,623 28,119 MD : 8,485 8,005 7,708 8,745 8,687 8,677 MS : 16,952 16,547 16,716 17,040 17,292 17,391 NC : 16,568 16,452 16,703 17,056 17,579 17,433 PA : 3,606 3,508 3,500 *3,607 *3,736 3,584 SC : 4,319 4,187 4,263 4,397 4,355 4,406 TX : 12,112 11,940 *12,097 12,090 *11,864 12,129 VA : 6,642 6,251 6,602 6,706 6,674 6,647 CA, TN, & WV : *9,338 *9,058 *9,849 *9,349 *9,443 10,085 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total :*168,924 *166,957 *168,895 *170,708 *172,488 171,715 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 167,329 168,535 165,233 166,116 167,122 168,695 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 101 99 102 103 103 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jan 11 : Jan 18 : Jan 25 : Feb 1 : Feb 8 : Feb 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,765 18,154 18,343 18,578 17,849 18,028 AR : 23,710 23,555 23,446 24,392 23,525 24,562 DE : 5,037 4,930 4,855 5,244 5,084 5,497 FL : 2,696 2,736 2,442 2,341 *2,851 2,528 GA : 23,602 24,146 24,031 23,770 *23,399 23,666 MD : 6,105 6,014 6,626 5,946 5,591 5,324 MS : 14,501 14,735 14,681 14,640 13,540 13,988 NC : 13,585 13,229 14,146 13,064 12,770 13,007 PA : 2,688 2,673 2,666 *2,629 *2,570 2,638 SC : 3,562 3,924 3,112 3,724 3,855 3,158 TX : 8,996 8,927 8,870 8,955 8,728 8,902 VA : 5,303 5,339 4,628 4,760 4,873 5,128 CA, TN, & WV : *9,144 *9,198 *9,226 *8,670 *8,604 9,544 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total :*136,694 *137,560 *137,072 *136,713 *133,239 135,970 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 134,642 135,286 134,893 134,319 133,801 131,709 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 102 102 102 100 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised