Pou 2-2 (11-99) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released November 10, 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 171 million eggs during the week ending November 6, 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 82 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler Chicks Placed Down 2 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 131 million chicks for meat production during the week ending November 6, 1999. Placements were down 2 percent from the comparable week in 1998. Cumulative placements from January 3, 1999, through November 6, 1999, were 6.28 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 17, 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 2 : Oct 9 : Oct 16 : Oct 23 : Oct 30 : Nov 6 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : *27,541 *24,712 *24,574 *25,417 *25,693 26,223 AR : 29,130 28,442 *27,373 27,775 *26,326 27,441 DE : 4,322 4,040 3,842 4,180 *4,611 4,552 FL : 2,665 2,553 *2,311 2,705 2,847 2,615 GA : 31,621 29,934 *28,349 *27,526 *29,874 29,457 MD : 7,655 8,240 8,046 8,022 8,752 8,477 MS : *18,041 *17,573 *16,978 *16,409 *16,167 16,328 NC : 16,580 15,836 *16,071 16,345 17,504 17,457 PA : 3,282 3,134 3,012 *3,257 *3,207 3,496 SC : 4,818 4,593 4,656 4,765 4,878 4,618 TX : 13,703 13,662 13,149 12,328 12,918 13,122 VA : 5,619 5,702 5,778 6,028 5,382 6,345 CA, TN, & WV : 10,620 10,230 10,058 9,641 10,639 11,165 : 15 State Total: *175,597 *168,651 *164,197 *164,398 *168,798 171,296 : Previous Year : 173,841 170,494 167,294 164,280 172,049 174,260 : Pct. of Prev. : 101 99 98 100 98 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Broiler Chicks Placed, 15 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 2 : Oct 9 : Oct 16 : Oct 23 : Oct 30 : Nov 6 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 17,275 19,708 *18,955 *19,779 *18,086 17,671 AR : 23,065 22,021 22,488 22,842 *22,070 21,428 DE : 4,511 3,962 4,803 5,206 *4,870 5,050 FL : 1,944 2,442 2,212 2,408 2,110 2,233 GA : 23,065 23,609 21,959 *24,954 *24,343 22,537 MD : 5,319 5,794 5,098 *4,933 *5,432 5,135 MS : *13,385 *13,718 *13,696 *14,618 *14,062 13,731 NC : 13,690 12,808 13,687 12,881 12,700 12,928 PA : 2,527 2,662 2,635 *2,651 *2,463 2,340 SC : 3,497 3,528 3,286 4,069 3,563 3,765 TX : 9,888 10,343 9,694 10,663 10,657 10,383 VA : 5,170 4,470 4,882 4,400 4,416 4,570 CA, TN, & WV : 9,931 8,042 9,145 9,600 *8,645 8,809 : 15 State Total: *133,267 *133,107 *132,540 *139,004 *133,417 130,580 : Previous Year : 132,286 130,951 131,336 137,998 135,661 132,640 : Pct. of Prev. : 101 102 101 101 98 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised.