Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released August 25, 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 August 21, 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 3 Percent Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 171 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 21, 2010. Placements were up 3 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 3, 2010 through August 21, 2010 were 5.62 billion, up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 17, : July 24, : July 31, : August 7, : August 14, : August 21, : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 30,745 30,629 30,331 30,364 29,924 30,093 Arkansas .....................: 24,193 23,705 24,037 23,981 23,183 23,793 Delaware .....................: 3,913 3,915 3,915 3,920 3,916 3,911 Florida ......................: 1,389 1,391 1,358 1,358 1,358 1,360 Georgia ......................: 32,298 32,349 32,430 32,358 31,861 32,567 Kentucky .....................: 7,874 7,585 7,710 7,354 7,682 7,607 Louisiana ....................: 3,122 3,409 3,372 3,424 3,440 3,364 Maryland .....................: 8,149 7,855 7,767 7,723 7,755 7,696 Mississippi ..................: 19,374 19,414 19,429 19,010 19,029 18,999 North Carolina ...............: 20,353 19,961 19,954 19,677 19,961 19,876 : Oklahoma .....................: 6,539 6,246 6,554 6,352 6,404 6,393 Pennsylvania .................: 3,642 3,913 3,634 3,797 3,975 3,873 South Carolina ...............: 5,750 6,065 5,779 6,135 6,017 5,655 Texas ........................: 16,068 15,967 15,943 15,970 15,696 15,997 Virginia .....................: 6,410 6,721 6,263 6,106 6,081 6,088 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 19,606 19,263 19,449 19,540 19,496 19,671 : 19 State total ...............: 209,425 208,388 207,925 207,069 205,778 206,943 : Previous year total ..........: 204,579 201,353 201,806 200,277 201,307 200,665 : Percent of previous year .....: 102 103 103 103 102 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 17, : July 24, : July 31, : August 7, : August 14, : August 21, : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 21,382 22,328 21,265 21,106 21,679 21,609 Arkansas .....................: 20,958 21,622 21,238 21,567 19,860 21,702 Delaware .....................: 4,685 4,960 5,184 4,181 4,826 4,742 Florida ......................: 1,007 1,028 1,038 1,056 1,057 1,012 Georgia ......................: 27,051 26,493 27,077 27,600 27,694 26,301 Kentucky .....................: 6,021 5,729 6,453 6,616 6,364 5,839 Louisiana ....................: 3,108 3,246 3,137 2,814 3,183 3,007 Maryland .....................: 6,136 5,974 5,748 7,178 6,577 6,179 Mississippi ..................: 16,996 16,312 16,310 17,031 16,714 16,823 North Carolina ...............: 15,827 15,008 15,816 16,065 15,871 15,990 : Oklahoma .....................: 4,802 3,329 4,328 4,783 4,827 4,364 Pennsylvania .................: 3,159 3,022 2,723 2,923 3,063 2,884 South Carolina ...............: 5,371 5,147 4,751 4,781 4,325 5,356 Texas ........................: 13,683 12,336 13,434 13,666 13,290 13,565 Virginia .....................: 5,413 5,355 5,524 4,999 5,098 5,083 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 18,347 17,308 16,216 16,437 17,382 16,977 : 19 State total ...............: 173,946 169,197 170,242 172,803 171,810 171,433 : Previous year total ..........: 168,472 166,973 167,724 169,883 167,559 166,917 : Percent of previous year .....: 103 101 102 102 103 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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