Pou 2-2 (10-99) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 13, 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 Down 2 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 168 million eggs during the week ending October 9, 1999. This was down 2 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 133 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 9, 1999. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week in 1998. Cumulative placements from January 3, 1999, through October 9, 1999, were 5.74 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 20, 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. All NASS reports are available free of charge on the worldwide Internet. For access, connect to the Internet and go to the NASS Home Page at: http://www.usda.gov/nass/. Broiler Eggs Set, 15 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 4 : Sep 11 : Sep 18 : Sep 25 : Oct 2 : Oct 9 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 27,499 23,833 *27,043 26,693 27,368 24,378 AR : 29,190 28,288 *29,037 27,248 29,130 28,245 DE : 4,445 4,157 3,804 4,101 *4,322 4,040 FL : 2,622 2,632 2,639 2,663 2,665 2,554 GA : 30,252 29,002 *29,460 *28,404 *31,614 30,322 MD : 8,089 7,481 7,698 7,354 *7,655 8,279 MS : 17,766 16,740 16,619 16,197 17,618 17,353 NC : 16,818 16,648 *16,404 17,456 16,452 15,836 PA : 3,682 3,193 3,607 3,486 3,261 3,086 SC : 4,618 4,503 4,604 4,586 4,818 4,593 TX : 13,552 13,344 13,174 12,738 13,265 13,118 VA : 5,788 6,080 5,626 6,123 5,619 5,702 CA, TN, & WV : 11,151 10,365 *9,257 10,364 10,620 10,020 : 15 State Total: 175,472 166,266 *168,972 *167,413 *174,407 167,526 : Previous Year : 173,366 168,081 166,924 167,662 173,841 170,494 : Pct. of Prev. : 101 99 101 100 100 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Broiler Chicks Placed, 15 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 4 : Sep 11 : Sep 18 : Sep 25 : Oct 2 : Oct 9 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 19,570 19,341 19,745 19,478 17,275 19,708 AR : 23,247 23,374 24,138 23,517 23,065 21,970 DE : 5,110 5,245 4,458 5,298 *4,511 3,889 FL : 2,122 2,616 2,476 2,252 1,951 2,444 GA : 23,594 24,344 24,340 *24,026 *23,097 23,239 MD : 5,638 5,654 5,636 5,298 *5,318 6,029 MS : 14,910 14,553 13,974 14,828 13,055 13,388 NC : 13,747 13,846 14,007 13,032 *13,690 12,808 PA : 2,719 2,753 2,834 2,767 2,479 2,658 SC : 3,969 3,245 3,371 3,991 3,497 3,528 TX : 9,985 10,194 10,154 10,909 9,886 10,342 VA : 5,449 5,480 5,780 4,752 *5,170 4,470 CA, TN, & WV : 10,112 9,656 9,776 9,747 9,931 8,270 : 15 State Total: 140,172 140,301 140,689 *139,895 *132,925 132,743 : Previous Year : 138,388 139,912 138,700 136,415 132,286 130,951 : Pct. of Prev. : 101 100 101 103 100 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised.