Pou 2-2 (8-07) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released August 15, 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 2 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 218 million eggs in incubators during the week ending August 11, 2007. This was up 2 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 179 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 11, 2007. Placements were up 2 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 31, 2006 through August 11, 2007 were 5.66 billion, up 1 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-Type Eggs Set, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 7 : Jul 14 : Jul 21 : Jul 28 : Aug 4 : Aug 11 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 31,096 *32,134 32,197 32,847 32,589 32,179 AR : 27,843 28,071 27,830 28,036 28,256 28,414 DE : 4,216 4,188 4,188 4,188 4,173 4,170 FL : 1,374 1,369 *1,363 1,344 1,343 1,362 GA : 36,465 36,290 35,812 35,613 *35,864 35,928 KY : 7,654 *7,705 7,773 7,787 *7,751 7,780 LA : 3,923 3,923 3,923 3,954 4,014 4,014 MD : 8,649 8,852 8,778 8,673 8,730 8,752 MS : 18,891 18,701 18,741 18,666 18,741 18,726 NC : 19,210 19,924 *19,416 19,703 19,651 19,651 OK : 6,659 6,701 6,796 6,657 6,930 6,695 PA : 4,053 3,995 4,090 *4,102 *4,003 4,187 SC : 5,385 5,722 5,747 5,451 5,566 5,743 TX : 15,171 15,368 15,306 15,192 14,273 14,729 VA : 6,388 6,374 6,175 6,313 6,242 6,249 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *19,584 19,387 *19,356 *19,758 *19,366 19,058 : 19 State Total :*216,561 *218,704 *217,491 *218,284 *217,492 217,637 : Previous Year Total : 211,044 213,579 214,110 214,549 213,198 212,573 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 103 102 102 102 102 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 7 : Jul 14 : Jul 21 : Jul 28 : Aug 4 : Aug 11 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 20,932 20,795 21,346 20,537 *21,389 21,402 AR : 24,578 25,377 22,879 23,136 23,512 24,168 DE : 5,185 5,171 5,124 5,167 5,714 4,333 FL : 1,540 1,367 1,478 1,511 1,481 1,419 GA : 29,527 29,406 28,662 30,435 *30,600 29,147 KY : 6,175 6,131 5,719 6,240 *6,619 6,751 LA : 3,954 3,897 3,927 3,891 3,380 3,900 MD : 6,192 6,017 5,606 6,175 5,755 7,216 MS : 17,307 17,579 16,544 16,845 16,972 16,978 NC : 16,057 16,226 15,895 15,873 16,315 16,073 OK : 4,837 *3,535 5,133 4,922 6,034 4,217 PA : 3,067 3,138 2,866 *3,090 *3,143 2,980 SC : *4,415 4,464 4,690 4,392 4,444 5,657 TX : 12,948 12,929 11,846 12,789 12,939 12,903 VA : 4,952 5,262 4,971 4,721 5,411 4,584 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *17,532 *17,371 *16,266 *17,475 *16,971 16,785 : 19 State Total :*179,198 *178,665 *172,952 *177,199 *180,679 178,513 : Previous Year Total : 173,487 173,852 171,142 173,121 175,451 175,423 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 103 103 101 102 103 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised