Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released August 31, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broiler-Type Eggs Set Down 7 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 192 million eggs in incubators during the week ending August 27, 2011. This was down 7 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 85 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler-Type Chicks Placed Down 4 Percent Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 164 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 27, 2011. Placements were down 4 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 2, 2011 through August 27, 2011 were 5.75 billion, down 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 23, : July 30, : August 6, : August 13, : August 20, : August 27, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 27,358 27,347 27,308 27,157 26,581 26,936 Arkansas .....................: 20,058 20,818 20,795 20,920 20,651 20,994 Delaware .....................: 2,920 3,022 3,167 3,161 3,015 2,886 Florida ......................: 1,352 1,382 1,370 1,347 1,352 1,364 Georgia ......................: 32,256 31,388 31,538 31,666 31,793 31,649 Kentucky .....................: 7,733 7,627 7,773 7,789 7,864 7,878 Louisiana ....................: 3,258 3,258 3,288 3,273 3,243 3,167 Maryland .....................: 7,644 7,510 7,511 7,460 7,451 7,645 Mississippi ..................: 18,417 18,418 18,563 18,440 18,312 17,602 North Carolina ...............: 19,737 19,845 19,570 19,303 19,518 19,364 : Oklahoma .....................: 6,628 6,610 6,489 6,651 6,713 6,702 Pennsylvania .................: 4,031 3,768 3,933 3,764 3,510 3,809 South Carolina ...............: 5,476 5,405 5,140 5,404 5,353 5,413 Texas ........................: 14,550 14,716 14,571 13,738 13,462 13,466 Virginia .....................: 5,808 5,787 5,764 5,543 5,826 5,291 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 18,345 18,104 19,044 19,090 18,598 18,273 : 19 State total ...............: 195,571 195,005 195,824 194,706 193,242 192,439 : Previous year total ..........: 208,724 208,549 207,588 206,602 207,381 206,575 : Percent of previous year .....: 94 94 94 94 93 93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 23, : July 30, : August 6, : August 13, : August 20, : August 27, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 19,810 19,449 19,200 19,637 19,619 18,571 Arkansas .....................: 18,983 20,542 18,433 19,788 19,180 18,514 Delaware .....................: 4,770 4,403 4,023 4,853 4,741 4,890 Florida ......................: 1,209 1,184 1,225 1,145 1,150 1,147 Georgia ......................: 28,065 27,696 27,749 27,114 26,255 27,358 Kentucky .....................: 5,881 6,479 6,138 6,077 6,081 6,816 Louisiana ....................: 2,969 2,983 2,960 2,959 2,967 2,993 Maryland .....................: 5,721 4,661 6,940 5,253 4,876 5,294 Mississippi ..................: 15,901 15,845 15,919 16,013 16,160 16,186 North Carolina ...............: 15,747 16,115 16,069 16,206 15,596 15,708 : Oklahoma .....................: 4,057 3,457 4,859 3,820 4,160 4,711 Pennsylvania .................: 3,122 3,030 3,308 3,264 3,078 3,228 South Carolina ...............: 3,758 4,051 4,219 4,051 4,008 4,595 Texas ........................: 12,510 12,685 12,421 12,372 12,571 12,522 Virginia .....................: 4,375 5,518 4,221 5,130 5,564 4,911 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 16,476 15,379 16,798 15,278 15,661 16,174 : 19 State total ...............: 163,354 163,477 164,482 162,960 161,667 163,618 : Previous year total ..........: 169,782 170,569 173,173 171,985 171,749 170,866 : Percent of previous year .....: 96 96 95 95 94 96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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