HDR1012000150060811951500TURKEY HATCHERY HDR2012000150060811951500TURKEY HATCHERY NARRATIVE Released August 11, 1995, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Turkey Hatchery" call Jim Brewster at (202) 720-8784, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS Information Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@AG.GOV. Estimates refer to July and August 1995. Eggs in Incubators on August 1 Up 4 Percent Turkey eggs in incubators on August 1, 1995, in the United States totaled 35.8 million, up 4 percent from August 1 a year ago. Eggs in incubators were 8 percent less than the revised July 1 total of 38.9 million. Regional percent changes from the previous year were: E N Central, up 7; W N Central, down 4; N & S Atlantic, up 9; S Central, up 20; and West, down 4. Poults Placed During July Up 3 Percent The 29.1 million poults placed during July 1995 in the United States were up 3 percent from the placements during the same month a year ago. Placements were down 3 percent from the revised July 1995 total of 29.9 million. The cumulative total for the September 1994 through July 1995 period, at 295 million poults, was up 3 percent from the same period the previous year. Regional percent changes from the previous year were: E N Central, up 9; W N Central, up 5; N & S Atlantic, virtually unchanged; S Central, up 1; and West, up 2. Pou 3 (8-95) HDR2012000150060811951500TURKEY HATCHERY PRODUCTION Turkey Hatchery Production: Monthly Poult Placements, United States, 1993-95 1/ 2/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total All : Percent : Cumulative : Percent : Breeds : of : Total : of Month :---------------------: Previous:-----------------------: Previous : 1993-94 : 1994-95 : Year : 1993-94 : 1994-95 : Year ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 -- Percent --- 1,000 --- Percent : Sep : 21,262 23,920 113 21,262 23,920 113 Oct : 20,957 23,517 112 42,219 47,437 112 Nov : 23,778 24,697 104 65,997 72,134 109 Dec : 25,307 25,621 101 91,304 97,755 107 Jan : 25,212 27,038 107 116,516 124,793 107 Feb : 25,037 25,943 104 141,553 150,736 106 Mar : 28,474 28,514 100 170,027 179,250 105 Apr : 28,351 26,906 95 198,378 206,156 104 May : 29,360 29,460 100 227,738 235,616 103 Jun : 28,704 29,916 104 256,442 265,532 104 Jul : 28,244 29,097 103 284,686 294,629 103 Aug : 26,331 311,017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ 1994 data include revisions published in "Hatchery Production 1994 Summary". 2/ Excludes exported poults. HDR2012000150060811951500EGGS IN INCUBATORS Eggs in Incubators: First of Month by Region and United States, August 1995 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Percent of Geographic : Aug 1 : Jul 1 : Aug 1 : Previous : Previous Division : 1994 : 1995 : 1995 : Year : Month ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 ------- ---- Percent ---- : E N Central : 4,518 *5,374 4,844 107 90 W N Central : 10,430 11,259 10,052 96 89 N & S Atlantic : 11,907 13,501 12,932 109 96 S Central : 3,339 *4,001 4,010 120 100 West : 4,133 4,773 3,977 96 83 : US : 34,327 *38,908 35,815 104 92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poult Placements: Entire Month by Region and United States, July 1995 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Percent of Geographic : Jul : Jun : Jul : Previous : Previous Division : 1994 : 1995 : 1995 : Year : Month ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 ------- ---- Percent ---- : E N Central : 3,659 *3,721 3,994 109 107 W N Central : 7,704 8,718 8,101 105 93 N & S Atlantic : 10,093 10,876 10,105 100 93 S Central : 3,100 *3,237 3,129 101 97 West : 3,688 3,364 3,768 102 112 : US : 28,244 *29,916 29,097 103 97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 1/ Regional placements refer to poults placed from hatcheries located in that region, and not the actual location of the birds after placement. Regional Listing: North Atlantic = CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT. E North Central = IL, IN, MI, OH, WI. W North Central = IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD. South Atlantic = DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV. South Central = AL, AR, KY, LA, MS, OK, TN, TX. West = AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY. HDR2012000150060811951500TURKEY HATCHERY ESTIMATES Turkey Hatchery Estimates Data Sources: Primary data for the "Turkey Hatchery" report are collected from weekly and/or monthly questionnaires sent to turkey hatcheries in 19 States. An attempt is made to collect hatchery information from all known hatcheries in these 19 monthly States. Approximately 64 hatcheries are contacted each month. Revisions: Revisions are generally the result of late or corrected data and are usually less than 1 percent at the U.S. level. Revisions to the previous month are published in the monthly "Turkey Hatchery" report, while annual revisions are published in the "Hatchery Production - Annual Summary" report at the end of the marketing year. The annual report also includes data for six States which report on an annual basis only. Procedures and Reliability: Hatcheries are mailed a questionnaire and given adequate time to respond by mail. Those that do not respond by mail are called by phone. Diligent effort is made to ensure that all hatcheries are accounted for in the estimate. An allowance is made for all non-reporting hatcheries. Accumulated poult placements beginning on September 1 and ending on August 31 are shown in the monthly "Turkey Hatchery" report. This time period corresponds with the placements of poults which will reach maturity and be available for slaughter during the calendar year. Only regional and U.S. level estimates are published due to the limited number of hatcheries involved. Regional placement data in the report refer to placement of poults from hatcheries located in that region, not the actual location of the birds after placement. Poults exported out of the U.S. and poults imported from outside of the U.S. are not included in the report. Turkey hatchery estimates are based on a census of operating hatcheries and, therefore, have no sampling error. However, they may be subject to errors such as omission, duplication, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. These errors are minimized through strict quality controls in the edit and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. States in the monthly estimating program are: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. 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