HDR1012000150090730971500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released July 30, 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. Broiler Eggs Set In 15 Selected States Up 3 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 172 million eggs during the week ending July 26, 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 5 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 137 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 26, 1997. Placements were up 5 percent from the comparable week in 1996. Cumulative placements from December 29, 1996, through July 26, 1997 were 4.16 billion, 3 percent above the 4.03 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next Broiler Hatchery report will be released at 3 P.M. ET on August 6, 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 :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jun 21 : Jun 28 : Jul 5 : Jul 12 : Jul 19 : Jul 26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,238 25,589 25,331 25,663 25,891 25,820 AR : 29,430 29,075 28,404 29,188 29,120 29,432 DE : 4,740 4,311 4,629 4,614 4,613 4,467 FL : 2,638 2,594 2,601 2,559 2,592 2,597 GA : 30,462 30,268 29,743 29,792 *30,585 29,771 MD : 8,869 8,161 *8,782 8,687 *8,685 8,732 MS : 17,524 16,738 17,029 17,206 17,078 17,421 NC : 17,770 16,367 *16,656 *17,262 *17,150 17,449 PA : 3,611 3,727 3,650 3,718 3,662 3,668 SC : 4,457 4,328 4,454 4,457 4,418 4,432 TX : 12,713 12,625 12,759 11,531 12,918 12,121 VA : 6,679 6,671 6,563 *6,596 6,611 6,599 CA, TN, & WV : 10,068 8,695 9,527 9,341 *9,353 9,097 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total : 174,199 169,149 *170,128 *170,614 *172,676 171,606 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 166,315 160,697 161,058 167,007 167,001 166,628 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 105 105 106 102 103 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jun 21 : Jun 28 : Jul 5 : Jul 12 : Jul 19 : Jul 26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,816 19,017 18,776 18,132 18,300 17,906 AR : 23,512 23,972 23,394 23,470 22,883 23,230 DE : 4,997 5,372 5,399 6,112 4,907 4,982 FL : 2,658 2,723 2,729 2,481 2,641 2,624 GA : 24,604 24,564 24,356 *24,053 *24,180 23,904 MD : 6,609 6,222 5,899 5,314 *5,841 6,356 MS : 15,198 15,054 15,142 14,921 14,003 14,584 NC : 13,778 14,867 13,774 *13,679 *13,047 13,203 PA : 2,712 2,645 2,573 2,817 2,742 2,669 SC : 3,684 3,990 3,948 4,101 3,826 3,359 TX : 9,752 9,850 9,711 9,670 9,473 9,590 VA : 5,264 5,383 5,353 *5,425 5,212 5,434 CA, TN, & WV : 9,394 9,300 9,237 *10,098 8,568 9,053 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total : 140,978 142,959 140,291 *140,273 *135,623 136,894 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 135,176 135,784 137,124 134,543 128,727 129,768 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 104 105 102 104 105 105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Revised.