Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released June 8, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broiler-Type Eggs Set Down 3 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 206 million eggs in incubators during the week ending June 4, 2011. This was down 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 Down 2 Percent Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 172 million chicks for meat production during the week ending June 4, 2011. Placements were down 2 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 2, 2011 through June 4, 2011 were 3.76 billion, up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : April 30, : May 7, : May 14, : May 21, : May 28, : June 4, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 29,727 29,890 29,446 29,254 30,375 30,091 Arkansas .....................: 23,275 23,583 23,501 23,508 23,424 22,944 Delaware .....................: 3,811 3,860 3,740 3,941 3,852 3,753 Florida ......................: 1,360 1,360 1,358 1,358 1,360 1,360 Georgia ......................: 33,368 33,663 33,479 34,021 33,821 34,323 Kentucky .....................: 7,441 8,194 8,055 7,611 7,987 7,929 Louisiana ....................: 3,288 3,394 3,319 3,258 3,273 3,258 Maryland .....................: 7,738 7,725 7,680 7,692 7,634 7,696 Mississippi ..................: 19,168 19,304 19,273 19,099 19,072 18,945 North Carolina ...............: 20,441 20,284 20,301 20,156 20,198 19,930 : Oklahoma .....................: 7,033 7,073 7,073 7,113 7,228 6,922 Pennsylvania .................: 4,028 4,128 4,199 4,065 4,151 3,980 South Carolina ...............: 5,271 5,422 5,345 5,394 5,450 5,470 Texas ........................: 15,550 15,379 15,016 15,316 14,080 14,727 Virginia .....................: 6,685 6,251 5,956 6,296 6,276 6,193 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 19,622 19,235 19,162 18,922 18,798 18,764 : 19 State total ...............: 207,806 208,745 206,903 207,004 206,979 206,285 : Previous year total ..........: 207,319 209,188 210,586 211,658 211,315 211,771 : Percent of previous year .....: 100 100 98 98 98 97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : April 30, : May 7, : May 14, : May 21, : May 28, : June 4, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 20,957 20,915 21,208 20,601 21,984 20,194 Arkansas .....................: 22,162 21,042 21,894 20,685 21,445 21,812 Delaware .....................: 4,633 5,492 5,190 4,103 4,520 5,139 Florida ......................: 1,317 1,239 1,182 1,216 1,365 1,390 Georgia ......................: 28,637 28,557 28,937 29,633 27,923 29,076 Kentucky .....................: 6,847 6,094 6,405 6,322 6,190 6,122 Louisiana ....................: 3,029 3,031 2,940 2,952 3,515 2,986 Maryland .....................: 6,403 6,266 5,844 7,248 5,749 5,382 Mississippi ..................: 16,666 16,490 16,523 16,207 16,503 16,466 North Carolina ...............: 16,915 16,731 16,285 16,069 16,383 16,784 : Oklahoma .....................: 4,530 3,730 4,460 5,912 4,861 4,373 Pennsylvania .................: 2,987 3,004 3,212 3,236 3,280 3,294 South Carolina ...............: 3,957 4,301 4,556 4,360 4,526 4,003 Texas ........................: 13,247 13,242 13,392 13,078 12,512 12,545 Virginia .....................: 4,907 4,451 4,979 5,286 5,238 4,780 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 16,047 18,565 17,574 16,669 17,518 17,180 : 19 State total ...............: 173,241 173,150 174,581 173,577 173,512 171,526 : Previous year total ..........: 172,617 171,075 171,930 171,002 172,590 174,177 : Percent of previous year .....: 100 101 102 102 101 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. Revisions made to the previous five-week's data during the current week are published in this report. Final estimates are published in the annual Hatchery Production Summary released in April. Reliability: Hatchery estimates are based on a census of all known operating hatcheries and therefore, have no sampling error. However, estimates are subject to errors such as omission, duplication, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized through strict quality controls in the data collection process and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@nass.usda.gov Dan Kerestes, Chief, Livestock Branch ....................................... 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