Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released August 8, 2012, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broiler-Type Eggs Set Up Slightly Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 195 million eggs in incubators during the week ending August 4, 2012. This was up slightly 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 Slightly Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 164 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 4, 2012. Placements were down slightly from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 1, 2012 through August 4, 2012 were 5.09 billion, down 3 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : June 30, : July 7, : July 14, : July 21, : July 28, : August 4, : 2012 : 2012 : 2012 : 2012 : 2012 : 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 27,719 27,313 27,908 27,813 28,149 27,630 Arkansas .....................: 20,976 20,278 19,621 19,931 20,915 21,130 Delaware .....................: 3,570 3,371 3,295 3,503 3,501 3,497 Florida ......................: 1,352 1,353 1,352 1,341 1,352 1,353 Georgia ......................: 31,470 32,496 32,461 31,795 31,573 31,739 Kentucky .....................: 7,101 7,452 7,718 7,843 7,811 7,644 Louisiana ....................: 3,440 3,258 3,409 3,107 3,167 3,227 Maryland .....................: 7,401 7,045 7,351 7,220 7,600 7,595 Mississippi ..................: 17,823 17,655 18,063 17,691 17,838 17,667 Missouri .....................: 7,774 7,388 8,068 8,024 7,835 7,863 : North Carolina ...............: 19,537 19,825 19,816 19,628 19,638 19,510 Oklahoma .....................: 6,550 6,798 6,465 6,696 6,714 6,476 Pennsylvania .................: 3,600 3,616 3,767 3,535 3,535 3,463 South Carolina ...............: 5,559 5,306 5,298 5,319 5,603 5,313 Texas ........................: 14,252 14,138 14,612 14,500 14,254 14,394 Virginia .....................: 6,340 5,854 6,222 6,217 6,182 6,089 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,253 10,693 10,770 10,720 10,675 10,754 : 19 State total ...............: 195,717 193,839 196,196 194,883 196,342 195,344 : Previous year total ..........: 197,158 194,961 196,576 195,141 194,434 195,036 : Percent of previous year .....: 99 99 100 100 101 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : June 30, : July 7, : July 14, : July 21, : July 28, : August 4, : 2012 : 2012 : 2012 : 2012 : 2012 : 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 20,806 19,941 20,301 20,525 19,417 19,765 Arkansas .....................: 19,778 20,381 19,209 20,502 19,313 17,406 Delaware .....................: 3,787 4,720 4,989 4,250 3,153 3,361 Florida ......................: 1,079 1,234 1,168 1,179 1,211 1,138 Georgia ......................: 27,213 26,599 26,917 26,546 28,246 27,968 Kentucky .....................: 6,540 5,906 5,873 6,142 5,925 6,466 Louisiana ....................: 3,066 2,913 2,961 3,098 2,935 3,067 Maryland .....................: 6,947 5,716 5,582 7,131 6,093 6,452 Mississippi ..................: 15,520 14,915 15,485 15,216 14,933 15,326 Missouri .....................: 5,952 5,111 5,064 4,708 5,159 6,071 : North Carolina ...............: 15,485 15,844 15,714 16,227 15,898 16,407 Oklahoma .....................: 4,776 4,248 4,343 4,335 4,151 4,914 Pennsylvania .................: 3,014 3,020 3,003 2,962 3,006 3,168 South Carolina ...............: 5,077 4,831 4,524 4,142 4,273 4,033 Texas ........................: 12,312 12,127 12,156 11,930 11,905 12,169 Virginia .....................: 4,900 4,294 4,712 4,312 5,383 5,327 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 9,519 11,849 11,189 10,675 10,259 10,582 : 19 State total ...............: 165,771 163,649 163,190 163,880 161,260 163,620 : Previous year total ..........: 168,718 165,957 164,445 162,828 162,898 164,050 : Percent of previous year .....: 98 99 99 101 99 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Statistical Methodology Survey Procedures: Data for broiler hatchery estimates are collected weekly from all chicken hatcheries within the 19 States that hatch at least one million chicks a year. 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 hatcheries within the 19 States that meet the minimum size criteria are given adequate time to respond to the weekly survey. 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. 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. 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