Pou 2-2 (10-99) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 20, 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 164 million eggs during the week ending October 16, 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 132 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 16, 1999. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week in 1998. Cumulative placements from January 3, 1999, through October 167, 1999, were 5.88 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 27, 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 11 : Sep 18 : Sep 25 : Oct 2 : Oct 9 : Oct 16 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 23,833 27,043 *26,288 27,368 24,378 24,695 AR : 28,288 29,037 *27,489 29,130 28,245 26,594 DE : 4,157 3,804 4,101 4,322 4,040 4,153 FL : 2,632 2,639 2,663 2,665 *2,553 2,021 GA : 29,002 29,460 *28,008 *31,621 *30,135 28,465 MD : 7,481 7,698 7,354 7,655 *8,240 8,189 MS : 16,740 16,619 16,197 17,618 17,353 17,068 NC : 16,648 16,404 17,456 16,452 15,836 16,448 PA : 3,193 3,607 3,486 *3,282 *3,134 2,967 SC : 4,503 4,604 4,586 4,818 4,593 4,656 TX : 13,344 13,174 12,738 13,265 13,118 13,149 VA : 6,080 5,626 6,123 5,619 5,702 5,778 CA, TN, & WV : 10,365 9,257 10,364 10,620 *10,230 10,113 : 15 State Total: 166,266 168,972 *166,853 *174,435 *167,557 164,296 : Previous Year : 168,081 166,924 167,662 173,841 170,494 167,294 : Pct. of Prev. : 99 101 100 100 98 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Broiler Chicks Placed, 15 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 11 : Sep 18 : Sep 25 : Oct 2 : Oct 9 : Oct 16 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 19,341 19,745 19,478 17,275 19,708 18,924 AR : 23,374 24,138 23,517 23,065 21,970 23,150 DE : 5,245 4,458 5,298 4,511 *3,962 4,907 FL : 2,616 2,476 2,252 *1,944 *2,442 2,212 GA : 24,344 24,340 24,026 *23,065 *23,623 21,933 MD : 5,654 5,636 5,298 5,318 *5,794 5,136 MS : 14,553 13,974 14,828 13,055 13,388 13,366 NC : 13,846 14,007 13,032 13,690 12,808 13,687 PA : 2,753 2,834 2,767 *2,527 *2,662 2,630 SC : 3,245 3,371 3,991 3,497 3,528 3,286 TX : 10,194 10,154 10,909 9,886 10,342 8,968 VA : 5,480 5,780 4,752 5,170 4,470 4,867 CA, TN, & WV : 9,656 9,776 9,747 9,931 *8,042 9,142 : 15 State Total: 140,301 140,689 139,895 *132,934 *132,739 132,208 : Previous Year : 139,912 138,700 136,415 132,286 130,951 131,336 : Pct. of Prev. : 100 101 103 100 101 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised.