HDR1012000150090917971500BROILER HATCHERY Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 17, 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 166 million eggs during the week ending September 13, 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 81 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 138 million chicks for meat production during the week ending September 13, 1997. Placements were up 2 percent from the comparable week in 1996. Cumulative placements from December 29, 1996, through September 13, 1997 were 5.13 billion, 3 percent above the 4.97 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on September 24, 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 9 : Aug 16 : Aug 23 : Aug 30 : Sep 6 : Sep 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 26,033 26,088 26,449 26,198 26,009 25,850 AR : 29,488 29,052 29,203 28,821 29,469 28,182 DE : 4,521 4,412 4,456 4,422 4,228 3,953 FL : 2,617 2,590 2,562 2,578 2,575 2,513 GA : 30,512 29,543 30,478 30,431 *30,539 28,332 MD : 8,893 8,874 8,825 7,519 8,140 7,982 MS : 16,282 17,392 17,334 16,817 17,060 17,070 NC : 17,276 16,793 16,694 16,496 16,404 16,221 PA : 3,699 3,762 3,745 3,732 3,762 3,686 SC : 4,468 4,469 4,361 4,437 4,313 4,391 TX : 12,094 12,070 12,060 12,368 12,410 12,241 VA : 6,582 6,610 6,610 6,594 *6,644 6,463 CA, TN, & WV : 10,097 10,446 10,404 9,687 9,681 9,150 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total : 172,562 172,101 173,181 170,100 *171,234 166,034 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 166,341 166,310 167,110 166,215 164,117 159,223 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 104 103 104 102 104 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 9 : Aug 16 : Aug 23 : Aug 30 : Sep 6 : Sep 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,779 18,291 19,629 18,559 18,461 18,427 AR : 24,549 23,251 23,184 22,905 23,592 23,658 DE : 5,246 5,305 5,600 5,538 5,755 4,870 FL : 2,808 2,672 2,614 2,773 2,709 2,608 GA : 24,555 23,277 23,208 23,919 *23,413 24,192 MD : 6,074 6,033 5,827 5,912 *5,566 5,910 MS : 14,165 14,847 13,147 13,690 14,548 14,174 NC : 13,407 13,196 13,153 13,081 12,963 13,209 PA : 2,806 2,810 2,810 2,718 2,802 2,791 SC : 3,426 4,016 3,861 4,065 3,910 3,736 TX : 9,281 9,333 9,261 9,148 9,109 8,953 VA : 5,162 5,019 5,200 5,266 *5,382 5,526 CA, TN, & WV : 9,461 9,054 9,031 9,300 *9,598 9,717 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total : 139,719 137,104 136,525 136,874 *137,808 137,771 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 133,569 133,837 133,870 134,556 133,735 134,956 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 105 102 102 102 103 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised