HDR1012000150060314961500Turkey Hatchery Released March 14, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Turkey Hatchery" call James 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@NASS.USDA.GOV. Eggs in Incubators on March 1 Up 3 Percent Turkey eggs in incubators on March 1, 1996, in the United States totaled 36.2 million, up 3 percent from March 1 a year ago. Eggs in incubators were down 1 percent from the revised February 1 total of 36.7 million. Regional percent changes from the previous year were: E N Central, unchanged; W N Central, down 4, N & S Atlantic, up 11; S Central, up 2; and West, up 2. Poults Placed During February Up 7 Percent The 27.9 million poults placed during February 1996 in the United States were up 7 percent from the placements during the same month a year ago. Placements were up 1 percent from the revised January 1996 total of 27.6 million. Regional percent changes from the previous year were: E N Central, up 9; W N Central, up 9; N & S Atlantic, up 8; S Central, up 7; and West, up 2. Pou 3 (3-96) Turkey Hatchery Production: Monthly Poult Placements, United States, 1994-96 1/ 2/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total All : Percent : Cumulative : Percent : Breeds : of : Total : of Month :---------------------: Previous:-----------------------: Previous : 1994-95 : 1995-96 : Year : 1994-95 : 1995-96 : Year ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 -- Percent --- 1,000 --- Percent : Sep : 23,920 23,108 97 23,920 23,108 97 Oct : 23,517 24,945 106 47,437 48,053 101 Nov : 24,697 24,416 99 72,134 72,469 100 Dec : 25,621 25,130 98 97,755 97,599 100 Jan : 27,038 27,550 102 124,793 125,149 100 Feb : 25,943 27,863 107 150,736 153,012 102 Mar : 28,514 179,250 Apr : 26,906 206,156 May : 29,460 235,616 Jun : 29,916 265,532 Jul : 29,079 294,611 Aug : 27,145 321,756 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ 1994 data include revisions published in "Hatchery Production 1994 Summary". 2/ Excludes exported poults. Eggs in Incubators: First of Month by Region and United States, March 1996 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Percent of Geographic : Mar 1 : Feb 1 : Mar 1 : Previous : Previous Division : 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : Year : Month ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 ------- ---- Percent ---- : E N Central : 5,241 *5,550 5,250 100 95 W N Central : 10,461 10,166 10,081 96 99 N & S Atlantic : 11,564 *12,651 12,811 111 101 S Central : 3,920 *4,276 4,006 102 94 West : 3,972 *4,025 4,056 102 101 : US : 35,158 *36,668 36,204 103 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poult Placements: Entire Month by Region and United States, February 1996 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Percent of Geographic : Feb : Jan : Feb : Previous : Previous Division : 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : Year : Month ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 ------- ---- Percent ---- : E N Central : 3,534 3,742 3,865 109 103 W N Central : 7,184 *7,377 7,802 109 106 N & S Atlantic : 9,031 *10,204 9,711 108 95 S Central : 3,153 *3,286 3,380 107 103 West : 3,041 2,941 3,105 102 106 : US : 25,943 *27,550 27,863 107 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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. 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. The next "Turkey Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on April 15, 1996. 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