Pou 2-2 (10-00) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 18, 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 3 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 170 million eggs during the week ending October 14, 2000. This was up 3 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 135 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 14, 2000. Placements were up 2 percent from the comparable week in 1999. Cumulative placements from January 2, 2000, through October 14, 2000, were 5.95 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 25, 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 9 : Sep 16 : Sep 23 : Sep 30 : Oct 7 : Oct 14 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 26,756 26,930 *26,613 27,520 28,256 26,956 AR : 28,807 29,472 27,817 28,185 28,473 28,713 DE : 3,445 3,748 3,865 3,629 3,975 3,821 FL : 2,527 2,590 *2,694 2,622 2,649 2,337 GA : 28,753 30,470 *28,080 30,592 30,328 29,213 MD : 7,554 7,363 7,973 8,109 7,663 7,985 MS : 16,868 16,276 17,334 17,447 17,825 17,085 NC : 16,595 16,258 *16,955 17,559 16,908 15,738 PA : 3,624 3,547 3,323 3,655 *3,815 3,146 SC : 4,543 4,842 4,656 4,911 4,953 4,462 TX : 14,032 13,285 13,275 14,135 14,443 14,139 VA : 6,096 5,410 5,944 5,810 *5,997 6,070 CA, TN, & WV : 10,223 9,570 9,974 9,814 *9,664 10,062 : 15 State Total: 169,823 169,761 *168,503 173,988 *174,949 169,727 : Previous Year : 165,874 168,805 166,904 175,385 168,688 164,192 : Pct. of Prev. : 102 101 101 99 104 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Broiler Chicks Placed, 15 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 9 : Sep 16 : Sep 23 : Sep 30 : Oct 7 : Oct 14 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 21,816 21,322 21,605 *19,985 *20,370 19,938 AR : 24,751 23,246 23,080 22,766 23,560 22,134 DE : 4,011 4,467 4,859 4,419 4,664 5,122 FL : 2,294 2,361 2,065 2,063 2,237 2,320 GA : 24,485 24,304 24,351 22,560 24,266 22,407 MD : 6,314 5,706 *4,618 4,640 4,496 4,773 MS : 14,789 15,149 15,065 14,040 13,424 14,632 NC : 14,650 14,036 13,380 13,160 13,317 13,410 PA : 2,452 2,493 2,626 2,755 *2,655 2,489 SC : 3,527 4,128 3,987 4,872 3,642 3,506 TX : 11,193 11,301 11,248 10,944 10,349 10,460 VA : 4,857 5,035 5,239 5,374 *4,474 5,054 CA, TN, & WV : 9,410 9,256 9,060 9,448 *9,101 8,907 : 15 State Total: 144,549 142,804 *141,183 *137,026 *136,555 135,152 : Previous Year : 140,439 140,982 140,037 132,436 133,105 132,538 : Pct. of Prev. : 103 101 101 103 103 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised.