Pou 2-2 (8-07) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released August 22, 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 217 million eggs in incubators during the week ending August 18, 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 178 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 18, 2007. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 31, 2006 through August 18, 2007 were 5.83 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 14 : Jul 21 : Jul 28 : Aug 4 : Aug 11 : Aug 18 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 32,134 32,197 32,847 *32,769 *32,236 32,060 AR : 28,071 27,830 28,036 28,256 28,414 28,305 DE : 4,188 4,188 4,188 4,173 *4,169 4,186 FL : 1,369 1,363 *1,376 1,343 1,362 1,374 GA : 36,290 35,812 35,613 35,864 35,928 35,706 KY : 7,705 *7,802 *7,759 7,751 7,780 7,857 LA : 3,923 3,923 3,954 4,014 4,014 4,044 MD : 8,852 8,778 8,673 8,730 8,752 8,823 MS : 18,701 18,741 *18,802 18,741 18,726 18,656 NC : 19,924 19,416 *19,599 19,651 19,651 19,131 OK : 6,701 6,796 6,657 6,930 *6,574 6,572 PA : 3,995 4,090 4,102 4,003 4,187 4,188 SC : 5,722 5,747 *5,646 5,566 5,743 5,554 TX : *15,376 *15,314 *15,200 *14,281 *14,737 15,012 VA : 6,374 6,175 6,313 6,242 6,249 6,245 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 19,387 19,356 19,758 *19,116 19,058 19,071 : 19 State Total :*218,712 *217,528 *218,523 *217,430 *217,580 216,784 : Previous Year Total : 213,579 214,110 214,549 213,198 212,573 212,830 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 102 102 102 102 102 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 14 : Jul 21 : Jul 28 : Aug 4 : Aug 11 : Aug 18 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 20,795 21,346 20,537 21,389 *21,401 21,072 AR : 25,377 22,879 23,136 23,512 *24,226 24,065 DE : 5,171 5,124 5,167 5,714 *4,513 5,130 FL : 1,367 1,478 1,511 1,481 1,419 1,461 GA : 29,406 28,662 30,435 30,600 *29,154 29,243 KY : 6,131 5,719 6,240 6,619 *6,882 6,595 LA : 3,897 3,927 3,891 3,380 3,900 3,618 MD : 6,017 5,606 6,175 5,755 *7,059 5,431 MS : 17,579 16,544 16,845 16,972 16,978 16,918 NC : 16,226 15,895 15,873 16,315 16,073 16,428 OK : 3,535 5,133 4,922 6,034 *4,173 4,880 PA : 3,138 *2,873 *3,099 *3,170 *2,987 3,116 SC : 4,464 4,690 4,392 4,444 5,657 5,076 TX : *12,948 *11,865 *12,808 *12,946 *12,909 12,830 VA : 5,262 4,971 4,721 5,411 4,584 4,820 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 17,371 16,266 17,475 *16,972 *16,816 17,330 : 19 State Total :*178,684 *172,978 *177,227 *180,714 *178,731 178,013 : Previous Year Total : 173,852 171,142 173,121 175,451 175,423 175,536 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 103 101 102 103 102 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised