Pou 2-2 (12-99) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released December 1, 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 180 million eggs during the week ending November 27, 1999. This was up slightly 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 Up 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 138 million chicks for meat production during the week ending November 27, 1999. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week in 1998. Cumulative placements from January 3, 1999, through November 27, 1999, were 6.68 billion, up 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on December 8, 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 23 : Oct 30 : Nov 6 : Nov 13 : Nov 20 : Nov 27 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 26,012 25,167 *26,130 *27,615 26,818 28,169 AR : 27,683 *26,837 27,839 30,164 *29,393 29,920 DE : 4,180 4,611 4,592 4,233 4,358 4,330 FL : 2,705 2,847 *2,745 2,623 2,842 2,849 GA : 27,539 29,874 *29,338 30,914 *30,674 30,995 MD : 8,022 8,752 8,608 8,888 8,590 8,784 MS : 16,409 16,167 *16,570 16,878 17,976 17,925 NC : 16,095 17,732 *17,817 17,100 17,424 17,738 PA : 3,257 3,207 3,473 3,352 3,701 3,333 SC : 4,765 4,878 4,618 5,040 4,843 4,969 TX : 12,323 *12,913 *13,480 13,034 *13,479 13,554 VA : 6,028 5,623 6,345 6,387 6,277 6,250 CA, TN, & WV : 9,641 10,639 11,191 11,274 11,364 11,611 : 15 State Total: 164,659 *169,247 *172,746 *177,502 *177,739 180,427 : Previous Year : 164,280 172,049 174,260 180,373 179,965 180,153 : Pct. of Prev. : 100 98 99 98 99 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Broiler Chicks Placed, 15 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 23 : Oct 30 : Nov 6 : Nov 13 : Nov 20 : Nov 27 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 19,779 18,086 17,673 18,682 *18,499 19,047 AR : 22,671 22,070 21,355 22,379 *21,227 21,399 DE : 5,206 4,870 4,666 4,790 5,447 5,688 FL : 2,408 2,110 2,233 2,231 *2,406 2,349 GA : 24,954 24,343 22,645 21,427 *23,787 23,718 MD : 4,933 5,432 5,244 5,289 5,459 5,358 MS : 14,618 14,062 13,731 13,293 13,332 13,983 NC : 12,881 12,700 12,928 12,301 13,877 13,757 PA : 2,651 2,463 2,355 2,512 2,622 2,818 SC : 4,069 3,563 3,765 3,752 3,642 3,746 TX : 10,663 10,657 10,379 9,634 *10,347 10,765 VA : 4,400 4,416 4,789 4,989 5,097 5,395 CA, TN, & WV : 9,600 8,645 8,734 *9,137 9,290 9,781 : 15 State Total: 138,833 133,417 130,497 *130,416 *135,032 137,804 : Previous Year : 137,998 135,661 132,640 129,741 135,777 136,717 : Pct. of Prev. : 101 98 98 101 99 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised.