Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released June 22, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broiler-Type Eggs Set Down 4 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 201 million eggs in incubators during the week ending June 18, 2011. This was down 4 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 3 Percent Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 170 million chicks for meat production during the week ending June 18, 2011. Placements were down 3 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 2, 2011 through June 18, 2011 were 4.10 billion, up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : May 14, : May 21, : May 28, : June 4, : June 11, : June 18, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 29,446 29,386 30,375 30,094 30,206 28,617 Arkansas .....................: 23,501 23,186 23,072 22,929 22,752 22,395 Delaware .....................: 3,740 3,941 3,852 3,753 3,271 3,156 Florida ......................: 1,358 1,358 1,360 1,360 1,359 1,360 Georgia ......................: 33,479 34,021 33,821 33,567 33,169 32,798 Kentucky .....................: 8,055 7,777 8,088 7,929 7,961 7,902 Louisiana ....................: 3,319 3,258 3,273 3,258 3,258 3,273 Maryland .....................: 7,680 7,692 7,634 7,696 7,700 7,645 Mississippi ..................: 19,273 19,099 19,072 19,035 19,021 18,631 North Carolina ...............: 20,301 20,156 20,198 19,930 19,826 19,158 : Oklahoma .....................: 7,073 6,947 7,046 6,922 6,918 6,540 Pennsylvania .................: 4,199 4,162 4,151 3,813 4,169 4,155 South Carolina ...............: 5,345 5,394 5,450 5,470 5,367 5,683 Texas ........................: 15,016 15,471 13,929 14,747 15,040 14,765 Virginia .....................: 5,956 6,296 6,276 6,193 6,163 5,815 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 19,191 18,951 18,900 18,574 18,707 19,198 : 19 State total ...............: 206,932 207,095 206,497 205,270 204,887 201,091 : Previous year total ..........: 210,586 211,658 211,315 211,771 211,108 210,421 : Percent of previous year .....: 98 98 98 97 97 96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : May 14, : May 21, : May 28, : June 4, : June 11, : June 18, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 21,208 20,601 21,984 20,621 20,168 20,738 Arkansas .....................: 21,891 20,688 21,461 21,849 20,407 21,451 Delaware .....................: 5,190 4,103 4,520 5,139 4,806 5,350 Florida ......................: 1,182 1,216 1,365 1,390 1,306 1,376 Georgia ......................: 28,937 29,633 27,923 29,076 29,183 28,939 Kentucky .....................: 6,405 6,322 6,190 6,122 6,431 7,182 Louisiana ....................: 2,940 2,952 3,515 2,986 2,927 3,081 Maryland .....................: 5,844 7,248 5,749 5,382 4,911 4,502 Mississippi ..................: 16,523 16,207 16,503 16,565 16,441 16,092 North Carolina ...............: 16,285 16,069 16,383 16,784 16,489 16,581 : Oklahoma .....................: 4,460 5,912 4,861 4,373 5,147 3,644 Pennsylvania .................: 3,212 3,236 3,280 3,295 3,263 3,393 South Carolina ...............: 4,556 4,360 4,526 4,003 4,631 4,000 Texas ........................: 13,392 13,078 12,512 12,551 12,959 11,634 Virginia .....................: 4,979 5,286 5,238 4,780 5,668 5,206 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 17,626 16,679 17,544 17,197 16,733 16,705 : 19 State total ...............: 174,630 173,590 173,554 172,113 171,470 169,874 : Previous year total ..........: 171,930 171,002 172,590 174,177 175,255 175,668 : Percent of previous year .....: 102 102 101 99 98 97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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