Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released September 7, 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 190 million eggs in incubators during the week ending September 3, 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 5 Percent Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 162 million chicks for meat production during the week ending September 3, 2011. Placements were down 5 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 2, 2011 through September 3, 2011 were 5.91 billion, down 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 30, : August 6, : August 13, : August 20, : August 27, :September 3, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 27,347 27,308 27,178 26,581 26,936 26,505 Arkansas .....................: 20,818 20,795 20,881 20,651 20,994 19,852 Delaware .....................: 3,022 3,167 3,161 3,015 2,886 2,906 Florida ......................: 1,382 1,370 1,347 1,352 1,364 1,350 Georgia ......................: 31,388 31,538 31,682 31,793 31,649 31,759 Kentucky .....................: 7,544 7,773 7,848 7,864 7,878 7,450 Louisiana ....................: 3,258 3,288 3,273 3,243 3,167 3,258 Maryland .....................: 7,510 7,511 7,460 7,451 7,645 7,399 Mississippi ..................: 18,418 18,563 18,440 18,312 17,602 16,780 North Carolina ...............: 19,845 19,570 19,359 19,518 19,364 18,992 : Oklahoma .....................: 6,610 6,489 6,651 6,713 6,702 6,701 Pennsylvania .................: 3,768 3,933 3,764 3,510 3,799 3,697 South Carolina ...............: 5,405 5,140 5,404 5,353 5,413 4,891 Texas ........................: 14,716 14,571 13,738 13,462 13,466 14,203 Virginia .....................: 5,787 5,764 5,543 5,826 5,291 5,691 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 18,104 19,044 19,090 18,598 18,292 18,307 : 19 State total ...............: 194,922 195,824 194,819 193,242 192,448 189,741 : Previous year total ..........: 208,549 207,588 206,602 207,381 206,575 203,941 : Percent of previous year .....: 93 94 94 93 93 93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 30, : August 6, : August 13, : August 20, : August 27, :September 3, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 19,449 19,200 19,637 19,619 18,571 19,133 Arkansas .....................: 20,542 18,433 19,788 19,180 18,514 19,024 Delaware .....................: 4,403 4,023 4,853 4,741 4,890 4,444 Florida ......................: 1,184 1,225 1,145 1,150 1,147 1,137 Georgia ......................: 27,696 27,749 27,114 26,255 27,358 26,273 Kentucky .....................: 6,479 6,138 6,077 6,081 6,816 6,287 Louisiana ....................: 2,983 2,960 2,959 2,967 2,993 2,952 Maryland .....................: 4,661 6,940 5,253 4,876 5,294 5,645 Mississippi ..................: 15,845 15,919 16,013 16,160 16,145 15,994 North Carolina ...............: 16,115 16,069 16,206 15,596 15,708 15,411 : Oklahoma .....................: 3,457 4,859 3,820 4,160 4,711 3,905 Pennsylvania .................: 3,030 3,308 3,264 3,078 3,187 3,068 South Carolina ...............: 4,051 4,219 4,051 4,008 4,595 5,146 Texas ........................: 12,685 12,421 12,372 12,571 12,522 11,791 Virginia .....................: 5,518 4,221 5,130 5,564 4,911 4,353 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 15,379 16,798 15,278 15,661 16,174 17,468 : 19 State total ...............: 163,477 164,482 162,960 161,667 163,536 162,031 : Previous year total ..........: 170,569 173,173 171,985 171,749 170,866 170,109 : Percent of previous year .....: 96 95 95 94 96 95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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