Pou 2-2 (12-99) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released December 15, 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 181 million eggs during the week ending December 11, 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 Down 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 141 million chicks for meat production during the week ending December 11, 1999. Placements were down 1 percent from the comparable week in 1998. Cumulative placements from January 3, 1999, through December 11, 1999, were 6.97 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 22, 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 6 : Nov 13 : Nov 20 : Nov 27 : Dec 4 : Dec 11 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 26,130 *27,876 *26,968 28,169 *27,954 28,338 AR : 27,839 30,164 29,393 29,920 29,683 30,315 DE : 4,592 4,233 4,358 4,330 *4,456 4,326 FL : 2,745 2,758 *2,802 2,849 2,696 2,615 GA : 29,371 30,882 30,584 30,965 *31,639 31,136 MD : 8,608 8,888 8,590 8,784 *8,683 8,583 MS : 16,570 *17,390 *17,855 17,725 *17,898 18,203 NC : 17,817 17,518 *17,446 17,738 17,881 17,443 PA : 3,473 3,352 3,701 3,367 *3,520 3,718 SC : 4,618 5,040 4,843 4,969 4,661 4,838 TX : 13,480 13,034 13,479 13,554 13,630 13,686 VA : 6,345 6,387 6,277 6,250 6,335 6,368 CA, TN, & WV : 11,191 11,274 11,364 11,587 10,616 11,361 : 15 State Total: 172,779 *178,796 *177,660 180,207 *179,652 180,930 : Previous Year : 174,260 180,373 179,965 180,153 175,890 180,668 : Pct. of Prev. : 99 99 99 100 102 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Broiler Chicks Placed, 15 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 6 : Nov 13 : Nov 20 : Nov 27 : Dec 4 : Dec 11 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 : 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 17,673 18,682 18,499 19,047 *19,976 19,792 AR : 21,355 22,379 21,227 21,399 23,148 23,783 DE : 4,666 4,790 5,447 5,688 *4,965 4,990 FL : 2,233 2,231 2,406 2,349 2,687 2,559 GA : 22,645 21,427 23,779 23,792 *24,770 24,152 MD : 5,244 5,289 5,459 *5,361 *5,798 5,681 MS : 13,731 13,293 13,332 13,996 *14,029 13,381 NC : 12,928 12,301 13,877 13,757 13,799 13,774 PA : 2,355 2,512 2,622 2,786 *2,637 2,827 SC : 3,765 3,752 3,642 3,746 3,752 3,698 TX : 10,379 9,634 10,347 10,765 11,117 10,776 VA : 4,789 4,989 5,097 5,395 *5,681 5,254 CA, TN, & WV : 8,734 9,137 9,290 9,781 *10,253 10,115 : 15 State Total: 130,497 130,416 135,024 *137,862 *142,612 140,782 : Previous Year : 132,640 129,741 135,777 136,717 142,295 142,208 : Pct. of Prev. : 98 101 99 101 100 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised.