Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released August 4, 2010, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broiler-Type Eggs Set Up 3 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 207 million eggs in incubators during the week ending July 31, 2010. This was up 3 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 84 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler-Type Chicks Placed Up 2 Percent Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 170 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 31, 2010. Placements were up 2 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 3, 2010 through July 31, 2010 were 5.10 billion, up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : June 26, : July 3, : July 10, : July 17, : July 24, : July 31, : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 31,165 31,328 30,772 30,509 30,595 30,373 Arkansas .....................: 24,266 24,158 23,205 24,193 24,010 24,297 Delaware .....................: 3,814 3,866 3,879 3,913 3,915 3,915 Florida ......................: 1,385 1,388 1,390 1,389 1,391 1,358 Georgia ......................: 32,435 31,394 31,599 32,298 32,349 31,062 Kentucky .....................: 7,838 7,474 7,601 7,747 7,428 7,989 Louisiana ....................: 3,455 3,470 3,470 3,122 3,409 3,372 Maryland .....................: 8,316 7,979 7,723 8,149 7,855 7,767 Mississippi ..................: 19,550 19,293 18,838 19,374 19,146 19,429 North Carolina ...............: 19,859 19,453 20,031 20,387 19,974 20,097 : Oklahoma .....................: 6,295 6,321 6,211 6,539 6,246 6,554 Pennsylvania .................: 4,006 3,966 3,367 3,642 3,913 3,664 South Carolina ...............: 5,967 6,034 5,937 5,750 6,065 5,779 Texas ........................: 16,093 14,930 15,975 16,064 15,962 15,721 Virginia .....................: 6,475 6,533 6,637 6,532 6,721 6,263 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 20,139 19,476 19,214 19,583 19,262 19,449 : 19 State total ...............: 211,058 207,063 205,849 209,191 208,241 207,089 : Previous year total ..........: 202,562 201,322 202,101 204,579 201,353 201,806 : Percent of previous year .....: 104 103 102 102 103 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : June 26, : July 3, : July 10, : July 17, : July 24, : July 31, : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 22,338 21,723 22,254 21,382 22,328 21,265 Arkansas .....................: 21,797 22,691 21,451 20,958 21,622 21,250 Delaware .....................: 4,387 4,775 4,762 4,685 4,960 5,184 Florida ......................: 1,020 1,127 980 1,007 1,028 1,038 Georgia ......................: 26,601 27,776 26,758 27,050 26,493 27,082 Kentucky .....................: 6,506 6,135 5,994 6,069 5,777 6,487 Louisiana ....................: 3,164 3,132 3,140 3,108 3,246 3,137 Maryland .....................: 6,529 7,024 6,539 6,136 5,974 5,748 Mississippi ..................: 16,880 16,902 16,681 16,996 16,312 16,310 North Carolina ...............: 15,716 15,461 15,596 15,625 15,008 15,706 : Oklahoma .....................: 3,847 4,131 4,663 4,802 3,329 4,328 Pennsylvania .................: 3,020 3,090 3,071 3,148 3,014 2,762 South Carolina ...............: 5,486 4,975 4,799 5,371 5,147 4,881 Texas ........................: 13,607 13,511 13,571 13,684 12,336 13,436 Virginia .....................: 5,697 4,707 5,361 5,413 5,355 5,524 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 18,673 17,703 17,691 18,388 17,309 16,219 : 19 State total ...............: 175,268 174,863 173,311 173,822 169,238 170,357 : Previous year total ..........: 171,828 170,752 169,460 168,472 166,973 167,724 : Percent of previous year .....: 102 102 102 103 101 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Statistical Methodology Survey Procedures: Data for broiler hatchery estimates are collected from all known chicken hatcheries within the 19 States. The 19 States account for approximately 97 percent of the broilers produced on an annual basis. Individual NASS field offices maintain a list of all known hatcheries and update their lists on a continual basis. All known hatcheries within the 19 States respond via fax. Those that do not respond are contacted by telephone. Estimating Procedures: All data are analyzed for unusual values. Data from each operation are compared to their own past operating profile and to trends from similar operations. All hatcheries are accounted for in the estimates. Data for missing operations are estimated based on similar operations or historical data. NASS field offices prepare these estimates by using a combination of survey indications and historic trends. Individual State estimates are reviewed by the Agricultural Statistics Board for reasonableness. Individual hatchery data are summed to State and 19 State totals. Revision Policy: Revisions are generally the result of late or corrected data. 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