Pou 2-2 (10-99) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 27, 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 Slightly Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 164 million eggs during the week ending October 23, 1999. This was down 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 139 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 23, 1999. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week in 1998. Cumulative placements from January 3, 1999, through October 23, 1999, were 6.01 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 November 3, 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 18 : Sep 25 : Oct 2 : Oct 9 : Oct 16 : Oct 23 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 27,043 26,288 27,368 24,378 24,695 25,032 AR : 29,037 27,489 29,130 *28,442 26,594 27,775 DE : 3,804 4,101 4,322 4,040 *3,841 4,173 FL : 2,639 2,663 2,665 2,553 2,021 2,705 GA : 29,460 28,008 31,621 *30,095 *28,323 27,535 MD : *7,531 *7,279 7,655 8,240 *8,046 8,199 MS : 16,619 16,197 17,618 17,353 17,068 16,046 NC : 16,404 17,456 *16,580 15,836 16,448 16,345 PA : 3,607 3,486 3,282 3,134 *3,012 3,234 SC : 4,604 4,586 4,818 4,593 4,656 4,765 TX : 13,174 12,738 *13,703 13,118 13,149 12,328 VA : 5,626 6,123 5,619 5,702 5,778 6,028 CA, TN, & WV : 9,257 10,364 10,620 10,230 *10,058 9,641 : 15 State Total: *168,805 *166,778 *175,001 *167,714 *163,689 163,806 : Previous Year : 166,924 167,662 173,841 170,494 167,294 164,280 : Pct. of Prev. : 101 99 101 98 98 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Broiler Chicks Placed, 15 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 18 : Sep 25 : Oct 2 : Oct 9 : Oct 16 : Oct 23 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 19,745 19,478 17,275 19,708 18,924 19,654 AR : 24,138 23,517 23,065 *22,021 23,150 23,272 DE : 4,458 5,298 4,511 3,962 *4,783 5,110 FL : 2,476 2,252 1,944 2,442 2,212 2,408 GA : 24,340 24,026 23,065 *23,609 *21,938 24,756 MD : 5,636 5,298 *5,319 5,794 *5,098 5,128 MS : 13,974 14,828 13,055 13,388 13,366 14,288 NC : 14,007 13,032 13,690 12,808 13,687 12,881 PA : 2,834 2,767 2,527 2,662 *2,635 2,640 SC : 3,371 3,991 3,497 3,528 3,286 4,069 TX : 10,154 10,909 9,886 10,342 8,968 10,662 VA : 5,780 4,752 5,170 4,470 *4,882 4,261 CA, TN, & WV : 9,776 9,747 9,931 8,042 *9,145 9,600 : 15 State Total: 140,689 139,895 *132,935 *132,776 *132,074 138,729 : Previous Year : 138,700 136,415 132,286 130,951 131,336 137,998 : Pct. of Prev. : 101 103 100 101 101 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised.