Pou 2-2 (12-99) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released December 8, 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 2 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 179 million eggs during the week ending December 4, 1999. This was up 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 Up Slightly Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 142 million chicks for meat production during the week ending December 4, 1999. Placements were up slightly from the comparable week in 1998. Cumulative placements from January 3, 1999, through December 4, 1999, were 6.83 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 15, 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 30 : Nov 6 : Nov 13 : Nov 20 : Nov 27 : Dec 4 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 25,167 26,130 *28,079 26,818 28,169 27,820 AR : 26,837 27,839 30,164 29,393 29,920 29,683 DE : 4,611 4,592 4,233 4,358 4,330 4,436 FL : 2,847 2,745 *2,758 2,842 2,849 2,696 GA : *29,955 *29,371 *30,882 *30,584 *30,965 31,670 MD : 8,752 8,608 8,888 8,590 8,784 8,652 MS : 16,167 16,570 *17,090 17,976 *17,725 17,779 NC : 17,732 17,817 *17,518 17,424 17,738 17,881 PA : 3,207 3,473 3,352 3,701 *3,367 3,509 SC : 4,878 4,618 5,040 4,843 4,969 4,661 TX : 12,913 13,480 13,034 13,479 13,554 13,630 VA : 5,623 6,345 6,387 6,277 6,250 6,335 CA, TN, & WV : 10,639 11,191 11,274 11,364 *11,587 10,616 : 15 State Total: *169,328 *172,779 *178,699 *177,649 *180,207 179,368 : Previous Year : 172,049 174,260 180,373 179,965 180,153 175,890 : Pct. of Prev. : 98 99 99 99 100 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Broiler Chicks Placed, 15 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 30 : Nov 6 : Nov 13 : Nov 20 : Nov 27 : Dec 4 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 18,086 17,673 18,682 18,499 19,047 20,064 AR : 22,070 21,355 22,379 21,227 21,399 23,148 DE : 4,870 4,666 4,790 5,447 5,688 5,244 FL : 2,110 2,233 2,231 2,406 2,349 2,687 GA : 24,343 22,645 21,427 *23,779 *23,792 24,569 MD : 5,432 5,244 5,289 5,459 5,358 5,722 MS : 14,062 13,731 13,293 13,332 *13,996 13,894 NC : 12,700 12,928 12,301 13,877 13,757 13,799 PA : 2,463 2,355 2,512 2,622 *2,786 2,598 SC : 3,563 3,765 3,752 3,642 3,746 3,752 TX : 10,657 10,379 9,634 10,347 10,765 11,117 VA : 4,416 4,789 4,989 5,097 5,395 5,477 CA, TN, & WV : 8,645 8,734 9,137 9,290 9,781 10,253 : 15 State Total: 133,417 130,497 130,416 *135,024 *137,859 142,324 : Previous Year : 135,661 132,640 129,741 135,777 136,717 142,295 : Pct. of Prev. : 98 98 101 99 101 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised.