Pou 2-2 (10-00) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 11, 2000, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Broiler Hatchery" call Jody Roberts at (202) 690-8632, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Broiler Eggs Set In 15 Selected States Up 4 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 175 million eggs during the week ending October 7, 2000. This was up 4 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 2 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 136 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 7, 2000. Placements were up 2 percent from the comparable week in 1999. Cumulative placements from January 2, 2000, through October 7, 2000, were 5.81 billion, up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. on October 18, 2000 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. . Broiler Eggs Set, 15 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 2 : Sep 9 : Sep 16 : Sep 23 : Sep 30 : Oct 7 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 28,386 26,756 *26,930 27,274 27,520 28,256 AR : 30,063 28,807 29,472 27,817 28,185 28,473 DE : 3,935 3,445 3,748 3,865 3,629 3,975 FL : 2,581 2,527 *2,590 2,524 2,622 2,649 GA : 30,575 28,753 *30,470 28,444 *30,592 30,328 MD : 7,232 7,554 *7,363 7,973 8,109 7,663 MS : 17,904 16,868 *16,276 17,334 17,447 17,825 NC : 16,606 16,595 *16,258 17,213 17,559 16,908 PA : 3,447 3,624 *3,547 *3,323 *3,655 3,770 SC : 4,818 4,543 4,842 4,656 4,911 4,953 TX : *14,217 *14,032 *13,285 *13,275 *14,135 14,443 VA : 6,040 *6,096 5,410 5,944 5,810 6,087 CA, TN, & WV : 10,244 10,223 9,570 9,974 *9,814 9,663 : 15 State Total: *176,048 *169,823 *169,761 *169,616 *173,988 174,993 : Previous Year : 175,472 165,874 168,805 166,904 175,385 168,688 : Pct. of Prev. : 100 102 101 102 99 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Broiler Chicks Placed, 15 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 2 : Sep 9 : Sep 16 : Sep 23 : Sep 30 : Oct 7 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 21,219 21,816 21,322 21,605 19,870 19,987 AR : 23,583 24,751 23,246 *23,080 *22,766 23,560 DE : 4,748 4,011 4,467 4,859 4,419 4,664 FL : 2,026 2,294 2,361 2,065 2,063 2,237 GA : 23,738 24,485 24,304 *24,351 *22,560 24,266 MD : 5,573 6,314 5,706 4,615 4,640 4,496 MS : 15,068 14,789 15,149 15,065 14,040 13,424 NC : 13,573 14,650 14,036 13,380 *13,160 13,317 PA : 2,644 2,452 *2,493 *2,626 *2,755 2,647 SC : 4,003 3,527 4,128 3,987 4,872 3,642 TX : *11,110 *11,193 *11,301 *11,248 *10,944 10,349 VA : 4,947 4,857 5,035 5,239 *5,374 4,445 CA, TN, & WV : 9,764 9,410 9,256 9,060 *9,448 9,106 : 15 State Total: *141,996 *144,549 *142,804 *141,180 *136,911 136,140 : Previous Year : 140,234 140,439 140,982 140,037 132,436 133,105 : Pct. of Prev. : 101 103 101 101 103 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised.