Pou 2-2 (6-07) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released June 20, 2007, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Broiler Hatchery" call Sharyn Lavender at (202) 720-3244, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Broiler-Type Eggs Set In 19 Selected States Up 4 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 219 million eggs in incubators during the week ending June 16, 2007. 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 2 Percent Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 180 million chicks for meat production during the week ending June 16, 2007. Placements were up 2 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 31, 2006 through June 16, 2007 were 4.23 billion, up slightly 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-Type Eggs Set, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : May 12 : May 19 : May 26 : Jun 2 : Jun 9 : Jun 16 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 31,217 31,404 *31,211 31,481 31,647 31,302 AR : 29,294 28,818 28,790 28,778 28,755 28,691 DE : 4,086 4,115 4,121 4,188 4,154 4,154 FL : 1,377 1,291 1,359 1,333 1,343 1,345 GA : 36,101 *36,383 *36,391 36,119 *36,768 35,971 KY : 7,727 *8,019 *7,830 7,893 7,884 7,794 LA : 3,955 3,923 3,923 3,923 3,923 3,923 MD : 8,926 8,852 8,851 8,907 8,977 9,025 MS : 19,104 18,938 *19,090 18,970 18,850 19,150 NC : 19,922 19,727 *19,596 19,769 19,915 19,548 OK : 6,636 6,852 6,704 6,745 *6,786 6,584 PA : 4,017 4,024 4,088 *3,897 *4,130 4,038 SC : 5,643 5,604 5,946 5,525 5,752 5,596 TX : 15,119 15,127 *15,445 *15,304 15,348 15,212 VA : 6,553 6,507 6,479 6,438 6,454 6,477 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *20,553 *20,585 *20,087 *19,807 *19,177 20,107 : 19 State Total :*220,230 220,169 *219,911 *219,077 *219,863 218,917 : Previous Year Total : 213,524 213,197 213,886 213,519 214,378 210,714 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 103 103 103 103 103 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : May 12 : May 19 : May 26 : Jun 2 : Jun 9 : Jun 16 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 21,030 *21,784 *20,693 *21,820 *20,991 20,761 AR : 24,560 24,148 24,378 25,750 *24,190 23,889 DE : 5,307 4,913 4,526 4,948 4,913 4,913 FL : 1,830 1,390 1,427 1,342 1,268 1,375 GA : 29,934 28,603 30,298 29,693 *29,897 29,543 KY : 6,640 6,360 6,779 6,933 *7,209 6,402 LA : 3,833 3,947 3,987 3,625 3,931 3,775 MD : 6,666 6,285 6,658 6,435 6,510 6,442 MS : 17,502 16,994 16,935 17,218 17,345 17,380 NC : 15,837 16,142 15,717 15,876 15,991 15,468 OK : 4,862 4,699 5,240 5,795 *5,643 5,307 PA : 3,165 2,833 3,135 *3,059 *3,147 3,078 SC : 4,611 5,602 4,439 4,742 5,347 5,043 TX : 12,701 12,810 12,723 12,846 12,873 12,942 VA : 4,446 5,255 5,394 5,333 4,987 5,119 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *18,082 *17,517 *17,671 *15,870 *17,437 18,630 : 19 State Total :*181,006 *179,282 *180,000 *181,285 *181,679 180,067 : Previous Year Total : 174,308 172,844 174,620 175,872 175,179 175,714 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 104 104 103 103 104 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised