HDR1012000150090910971500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 10, 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 4 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 171 million eggs during the week ending September 6, 1997. This was up 4 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 138 million chicks for meat production during the week ending September 6, 1997. Placements were up 3 percent from the comparable week in 1996. Cumulative placements from December 29, 1996, through September 6, 1997 were 4.99 billion, 3 percent above the 4.84 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on September 17, 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 :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 2 : Aug 9 : Aug 16 : Aug 23 : Aug 30 : Sep 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,821 26,033 26,088 26,449 *26,198 26,009 AR : 29,564 29,488 29,052 29,203 28,821 29,469 DE : 4,477 4,521 4,412 4,456 4,422 4,228 FL : 2,611 2,617 2,590 2,562 2,578 2,575 GA : 29,781 30,512 *29,543 30,478 *30,431 30,556 MD : 8,867 8,893 8,874 8,825 7,519 8,140 MS : 16,009 16,282 17,392 17,334 16,817 17,060 NC : *17,253 17,276 *16,793 16,694 16,496 16,404 PA : 3,804 3,699 3,762 3,745 3,732 3,762 SC : 4,466 4,468 4,469 4,361 4,437 4,313 TX : 12,206 12,094 *12,070 *12,060 *12,368 12,410 VA : 6,599 6,582 6,610 6,610 6,594 6,636 CA, TN, & WV : 10,151 10,097 10,446 10,404 *9,687 9,681 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total :*171,609 172,562 *172,101 *173,181 *170,100 171,243 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 167,017 166,341 166,310 167,110 166,215 164,117 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 104 103 104 102 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 2 : Aug 9 : Aug 16 : Aug 23 : Aug 30 : Sep 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,586 18,779 18,291 19,629 *18,559 18,461 AR : 23,263 24,549 23,251 23,184 22,905 23,592 DE : 5,240 5,246 5,305 5,600 *5,538 5,755 FL : 2,558 2,808 2,672 2,614 2,773 2,709 GA : 24,198 24,555 23,277 23,208 *23,919 23,402 MD : 6,354 6,074 6,033 5,827 *5,912 5,564 MS : 14,666 14,165 14,847 13,147 13,690 14,548 NC : 13,289 13,407 13,196 13,153 13,081 12,963 PA : 2,805 2,806 2,810 2,810 2,718 2,802 SC : 3,568 3,426 4,016 3,861 *4,065 3,910 TX : *8,901 *9,281 *9,333 *9,261 9,148 9,109 VA : 5,298 5,162 5,019 5,200 5,266 5,195 CA, TN, & WV : 8,933 9,461 9,054 9,031 *9,300 9,699 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total :*137,659 *139,719 *137,104 *136,525 *136,874 137,709 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 134,314 133,569 133,837 133,870 134,556 133,735 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 105 102 102 102 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised