Pou 2-2 (10-99) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 6, 1999, 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 Slightly Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 174 million eggs during the week ending October 2, 1999. This was up slightly 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 Slightly Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 133 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 2, 1999. Placements were up slightly from the comparable week in 1998. Cumulative placements from January 3, 1999, through October 2, 1999, were 5.61 billion, up 3 percent from the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on October 13, 1999 Subscription Information To subscribe to NASS reports or to order single copies, call toll free, 1-800-999-6779. You may write: ERS/NASS, 5285 Port Royal Rd., Springfield, VA 22161. . Broiler Eggs Set, 15 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 28 : Sep 4 : Sep 11 : Sep 18 : Sep 25 : Oct 2 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 27,543 27,499 *23,833 27,499 26,693 27,368 AR : 30,053 29,190 28,288 *29,032 *27,248 29,130 DE : 4,427 4,445 4,157 3,804 4,101 4,136 FL : 2,704 2,622 2,632 2,639 2,663 2,665 GA : 31,035 30,252 29,002 29,832 *28,480 31,538 MD : 7,775 8,089 7,481 7,698 7,354 7,591 MS : 17,611 17,766 *16,740 *16,619 *16,197 17,618 NC : 17,824 16,818 *16,648 16,466 17,456 16,452 PA : 3,713 3,682 3,193 3,607 *3,486 3,261 SC : 4,840 4,618 4,503 4,604 4,586 4,818 TX : 13,460 13,552 *13,344 *13,174 *12,738 13,265 VA : 6,601 5,788 6,080 5,626 6,123 5,619 CA, TN, & WV : 11,743 11,151 *10,365 9,636 *10,364 10,620 : 15 State Total: 179,329 175,472 *166,266 *170,236 *167,489 174,081 : Previous Year : 175,967 173,366 168,081 166,924 167,662 173,841 : Pct. of Prev. : 102 101 99 102 100 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Broiler Chicks Placed, 15 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 28 : Sep 4 : Sep 11 : Sep 18 : Sep 25 : Oct 2 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 20,197 19,570 19,341 19,745 19,478 17,275 AR : 23,105 23,247 23,374 *24,138 *23,517 23,065 DE : 5,688 5,110 5,245 4,458 5,298 4,525 FL : 2,135 2,122 2,616 2,476 2,252 1,951 GA : 23,508 23,594 24,344 24,340 *24,017 23,085 MD : 5,455 5,638 5,654 5,636 *5,298 5,233 MS : 14,976 14,910 14,553 13,974 14,828 13,055 NC : 13,398 13,747 13,846 14,007 13,032 13,570 PA : 2,719 2,719 2,753 2,834 *2,767 2,479 SC : 4,268 3,969 3,245 3,371 *3,991 3,497 TX : 10,018 *9,985 *10,194 *10,154 *10,909 9,886 VA : 5,315 5,449 5,480 5,780 4,752 5,124 CA, TN, & WV : 9,851 10,112 9,656 9,776 *9,747 9,931 : 15 State Total: 140,633 *140,172 *140,301 *140,689 *139,886 132,676 : Previous Year : 138,416 138,388 139,912 138,700 136,415 132,286 : Pct. of Prev. : 102 101 100 101 103 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised.