Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released July 6, 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 199 million eggs in incubators during the week ending July 2, 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 July 2, 2011. Placements were down 3 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 2, 2011 through July 2, 2011 were 4.44 billion, up slightly from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : May 28, : June 4, : June 11, : June 18, : June 25, : July 2, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 30,375 30,130 30,211 28,617 27,984 27,963 Arkansas .....................: 23,072 22,929 22,752 21,990 22,263 21,198 Delaware .....................: 3,852 3,753 3,271 3,156 2,940 2,770 Florida ......................: 1,360 1,360 1,359 1,360 1,360 1,360 Georgia ......................: 33,821 33,567 33,547 32,798 32,684 32,848 Kentucky .....................: 8,116 8,077 8,071 7,962 7,805 7,372 Louisiana ....................: 3,273 3,258 3,258 3,273 3,288 3,273 Maryland .....................: 7,634 7,696 7,700 7,645 7,645 7,600 Mississippi ..................: 19,072 19,035 19,021 18,346 18,494 18,101 North Carolina ...............: 20,198 20,006 19,902 19,354 19,433 19,865 : Oklahoma .....................: 7,046 6,907 6,918 6,540 6,456 6,700 Pennsylvania .................: 4,151 3,885 4,169 3,848 4,010 3,855 South Carolina ...............: 5,450 5,470 5,367 5,683 5,409 5,250 Texas ........................: 13,929 14,747 14,722 14,765 14,897 14,937 Virginia .....................: 6,276 6,193 6,163 5,815 6,077 6,079 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 18,881 18,755 18,706 19,197 18,805 19,359 : 19 State total ...............: 206,506 205,768 205,137 200,349 199,550 198,530 : Previous year total ..........: 211,315 211,771 211,108 210,421 211,324 207,492 : Percent of previous year .....: 98 97 97 95 94 96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : May 28, : June 4, : June 11, : June 18, : June 25, : July 2, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 21,984 20,621 20,168 20,738 20,723 20,855 Arkansas .....................: 21,461 21,849 20,407 21,475 21,340 20,799 Delaware .....................: 4,520 5,139 4,806 5,423 4,270 4,738 Florida ......................: 1,365 1,390 1,306 1,376 1,352 1,289 Georgia ......................: 27,923 29,076 28,436 28,732 28,027 27,594 Kentucky .....................: 6,190 6,122 6,431 7,218 6,648 6,439 Louisiana ....................: 3,515 2,986 2,927 3,081 2,940 2,902 Maryland .....................: 5,749 5,382 4,911 4,403 5,815 5,169 Mississippi ..................: 16,503 16,565 16,441 16,151 16,294 16,261 North Carolina ...............: 16,383 16,784 16,489 16,551 16,510 16,361 : Oklahoma .....................: 4,861 4,373 5,147 3,644 4,498 4,254 Pennsylvania .................: 3,280 3,295 3,263 3,276 3,053 3,409 South Carolina ...............: 4,526 4,003 4,631 4,023 4,618 5,105 Texas ........................: 12,512 12,551 12,959 11,634 12,480 12,615 Virginia .....................: 5,238 4,780 5,668 5,206 4,883 4,981 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 17,555 17,207 16,740 16,685 15,852 16,794 : 19 State total ...............: 173,565 172,123 170,730 169,616 169,303 169,565 : Previous year total ..........: 172,590 174,177 175,255 175,668 176,115 175,093 : Percent of previous year .....: 101 99 97 97 96 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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