Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released December 3, 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 175 million eggs during the week ending November 29, 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 136 million chicks for meat production during the week ending November 29, 1997. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week in 1996. Cumulative placements from December 29, 1996, through November 29, 1997 were 6.58 billion, 3 percent above the 6.38 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on December 10, 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 :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 25 : Nov 1 : Nov 8 : Nov 15 : Nov 22 : Nov 29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 22,508 24,142 *25,115 *25,609 25,791 25,840 AR : *23,347 28,609 *29,306 28,377 29,218 29,888 DE : 4,198 4,488 4,449 4,271 4,536 4,542 FL : 2,642 2,425 2,939 2,917 2,930 2,992 GA : 27,470 27,773 27,770 *28,404 *29,315 29,829 MD : 7,371 *8,352 8,646 8,362 8,749 8,785 MS : 15,826 16,103 16,891 17,500 16,584 17,490 NC : 15,964 16,130 17,158 17,170 16,557 17,167 PA : 3,198 3,370 3,575 3,494 3,685 3,664 SC : 4,325 4,231 4,365 4,391 4,405 4,365 TX : 11,048 11,522 *12,454 12,091 *12,334 12,454 VA : 6,391 6,078 6,617 6,523 6,015 6,627 CA, TN, & WV : 9,704 10,638 10,323 11,039 10,664 11,029 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total :*153,992 *163,861 *169,608 *170,148 *170,783 174,672 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 150,501 158,685 166,637 166,941 168,089 169,854 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 102 103 102 102 102 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 25 : Nov 1 : Nov 8 : Nov 15 : Nov 22 : Nov 29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,517 16,808 17,070 *15,899 17,041 18,673 AR : *26,494 23,154 *21,650 20,404 23,171 23,980 DE : 5,841 4,440 4,868 5,019 4,864 5,084 FL : 2,461 2,643 2,757 2,701 2,115 2,371 GA : 23,839 23,219 21,659 21,561 *22,986 22,454 MD : 4,927 6,381 4,754 5,042 5,640 5,604 MS : 14,255 14,324 14,184 13,619 13,366 13,980 NC : 12,711 12,401 11,676 12,568 *12,610 13,522 PA : 2,713 2,605 2,512 2,582 2,761 2,908 SC : 4,051 4,220 3,949 3,672 3,129 3,531 TX : 9,163 9,311 8,640 8,409 8,819 9,479 VA : 5,118 4,618 4,812 4,593 4,548 5,750 CA, TN, & WV : 9,352 8,820 8,135 9,127 8,981 8,818 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Total :*139,442 132,944 *126,666 *125,196 *130,031 136,154 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 Total : 130,221 125,501 124,488 120,536 127,422 134,832 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 107 106 102 104 102 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised