Pou 2-2 (9-04) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 15, 2004, 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 19 Selected States Up 4 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 202 million eggs in incubators during the week ending September 11, 2004. This was up 4 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 83 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler Chicks Placed Up 3 Percent Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 174 million chicks for meat production during the week ending September 11, 2004. Placements were up 3 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 28, 2003 through September 11, 2004 were 6.38 billion, up 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * 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, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 7 : Aug 14 : Aug 21 : Aug 28 : Sep 4 : Sep 11 : 2004 : 2004 : 2004 : 2004 : 2004 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 30,390 30,144 30,158 30,106 *30,262 28,658 AR : 31,552 31,870 31,803 31,540 *31,753 28,990 DE : 3,747 3,694 3,773 3,693 3,628 3,546 FL : 1,339 1,353 1,348 1,339 1,339 1,339 GA : 34,319 33,807 *33,838 33,277 *32,843 32,681 KY : 7,293 *7,161 7,073 *7,287 *6,751 6,477 LA : 3,923 3,923 3,923 3,968 3,967 3,833 MD : 8,895 8,885 8,886 8,879 8,762 7,893 MS : 19,831 19,845 19,713 18,790 *19,340 18,472 NC : 17,467 *18,127 *18,285 17,651 17,710 17,592 OK : 6,913 *6,685 *6,639 6,478 *6,583 6,530 PA : 3,655 3,668 3,990 3,951 *3,825 3,586 SC : 3,978 4,132 3,856 4,131 4,136 4,033 TX : 15,515 15,424 15,257 15,299 15,268 14,829 VA : 6,665 6,579 6,572 6,612 *6,205 6,620 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 17,592 17,739 17,790 *17,360 *17,026 17,267 : 19 State Total : 213,074 *213,036 *212,904 *210,361 *209,398 202,346 : Previous Year Total : 206,725 205,371 205,998 203,135 200,711 195,084 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 103 104 103 104 104 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 7 : Aug 14 : Aug 21 : Aug 28 : Sep 4 : Sep 11 : 2004 : 2004 : 2004 : 2004 : 2004 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 21,273 21,752 21,526 21,657 *21,911 21,825 AR : 25,396 25,208 26,539 24,919 *25,421 25,536 DE : 5,056 5,018 4,912 5,241 4,897 4,719 FL : 1,447 1,589 1,467 1,313 1,182 1,374 GA : 27,056 26,398 26,850 27,485 *26,594 27,154 KY : 6,008 6,216 6,397 *6,389 *6,080 6,027 LA : 3,625 3,674 3,719 3,914 3,839 3,662 MD : 5,998 5,743 6,119 5,880 5,858 6,020 MS : 17,006 17,570 17,179 17,055 *17,576 17,168 NC : 14,982 14,724 14,629 14,135 14,331 14,738 OK : 4,935 *5,122 *5,038 4,693 4,857 5,021 PA : 2,923 2,828 2,875 *2,747 *2,659 2,965 SC : 4,603 4,160 4,661 4,242 *4,772 3,833 TX : 12,874 12,876 12,705 12,874 12,774 12,702 VA : 5,256 5,380 5,209 *5,483 *5,408 5,401 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 16,060 16,484 15,892 *17,457 *16,287 16,143 : 19 State Total : 174,498 *174,742 *175,717 *175,484 *174,446 174,288 : Previous Year Total : 170,090 169,515 169,295 169,271 168,221 168,773 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 103 103 104 104 104 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised